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Evidence of Evolution - Hardcover

Hannibal, Mary Ellen

 
9780810949249: Evidence of Evolution
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0810949245 ISBN 13: 9780810949249
Verlag: Harry N. Abrams, 2009

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Published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, Evidence of Evolution uses exquisite images by distinguished photographer Susan Middleton to reveal beautiful and surprising patterns of evolutionary development in animals and plants. These photographs, of rare and remarkable specimens from the collections of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, are accompanied by a clear, accessible overview  of the key evolutionary concepts that explain life on Earth, by science writer Mary Ellen Hannibal.
Virtually a natural history museum in a book, Evidence of Evolution expresses the power of Darwin's vision in images and words that bridge art and science.

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Susan Middleton is a photographer specializing in portraits of animals and plants. She is co-author of four books on the world's natural heritage, including Archipelago and Witness. She lives in San Francisco. Mary Ellen Hannibal is the author of Leaves & Pods (Abrams). Her writing has appeared in publications such as the San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, and Elle. She is the founder of Evolve 2009 and lives in San Francisco.

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Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species", this celebration of evolutionary development combines beautiful photographs of plants and animals with a clear, concept-based text to express Darwin's greatest discovery to a general audience in a unique and vivid manner. 2009 marks the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species", as well as the bicentennial of Darwin's birth. To commemorate Darwin's greatest discovery, "Evidence of Evolution" uses exquisite images by distinguished nature photographer Susan Middleton to reveal patterns of evolutionary development in animals and plants. These photographs, of remarkable specimens from the collections of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, are accompanied by a clear, accessible overview of the key evolutionary concepts that explain life on Earth, by science writer Mary Ellen Hannibal. Virtually a natural history museum in a book, "Evidence of Evolution" expresses the power and beauty of Darwin's vision.

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Verlag
Harry N. Abrams
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0810949245
ISBN 13 
9780810949249
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
128
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