Into the Jungle Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution

Name: Into the Jungle Great Adventures in the Search for Evolution
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ISBN: 9780321556714

ISBN-10: 0321556712

ISBN-13: 9780321556714

Edition: 2009

Authors: Sean Carroll, Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece

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Key Message: Into the Jungleinvites students to step into the lives of naturalists who followed their dreams, and often risked their lives, to explore the unknown. Each of the nine stories in this brief reader chronicles the dramatic adventures of an influential zoologist, geologist, paleontologist, or geneticist on their path to some of the most important discoveries that have shaped our understanding of how life has evolved. Accessible and engaging, Carrollrsquo;s storytelling approach helps students appreciate the physical hardships the featured explorers endured and the obstacles they had to overcome in challenging societal belief systems and initiating paradigm shifts in the scientific…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 9/24/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.90" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface



Into The Jungle



Reverend Darwin's Detour



Drawing the Line between Monkeys and Kangaroos



Life Imitates Life



On The Trail of Ancient Humans



Java Man



Where the Dragon Laid Her Eggs



Always Expect the Unexpected



The Day the Mesozoic Died



Miss Latimer's Extraordinary Fish



Evolution In Action



A Sickle-Cell Safari



In Cold Blood: The Tale of the Icefish


General Review and Discussion


Acknowledgments


References and Further Reading


Index