Nature Strange and Beautiful

Nature Strange and Beautiful
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780300244625
ISBN-13 : 0300244622
Rating : 4/5 (622 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Nature Strange and Beautiful by : Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr.

Download or read book Nature Strange and Beautiful written by Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr. and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully written exploration of how cooperation shaped life on earth, from its single-celled beginnings to complex human societies In this rich, wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated volume, Egbert Leigh explores the results of billions of years of evolution at work. Leigh, who has spent five decades on Panama's Barro Colorado Island reflecting on the organization of various amazingly diverse tropical ecosystems, now shows how selection on "selfish genes" gives rise to complex modes of cooperation and interdependence. With the help of such artists as the celebrated nature photographer Christian Ziegler, natural history illustrator Deborah Miriam Kaspari, and Damond Kyllo, Leigh explains basic concepts of evolutionary biology, ranging from life's single-celled beginnings to the complex societies humans have formed today. The book covers a range of topics, focusing on adaptation, competition, mutualism, heredity, natural selection, sexual selection, genetics, and language. Leigh's reflections on evolution, competition, and cooperation show how the natural world becomes even more beautiful when viewed in the light of evolution.


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