Universe Within The Deep History of the Human Body

Name: Universe Within The Deep History of the Human Body
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ISBN: 9780307473271

ISBN-10: 0307473279

ISBN-13: 9780307473271

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Authors: Neil Shubin

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From one of our finest and most popular science writers, the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery story as big as the world itself: How have astronomical events that took place millions of years ago created the unique qualities of the human species?In his last book, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human anatomy—our hands, our jaws—and the structures in the fish that first took over land 375 million years ago. Now, with his trademark clarity and exuberance, he takes an even more expansive approach to the question of why we are the way we are. Starting once again with fossils, Shubin turns his gaze skyward. He shows how the…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.96" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Prologue



Rocking Our World



Blasts from the Past



Lucky Stars



About Time



The Ascent of Big



Connecting the Dots



Kings of the Hill



Fevers and Chills



Cold Facts



Mothers of Invention


Further Reading and Notes


Acknowledgments


Illustration Credits


Index