History of Life 5e - Tapa dura

THIS TEXT IS DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS AND ANYONE ELSE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON OUR PLANET. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF EARTH S ORGANISMS, AND RECONSTRUCTS THEIR ADAPTATIONS TO THE LIFE THEY LED, AND THE ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY FUNCTIONED. ON THE GRAND SCALE, EARTH IS A CONSTANTLY CHANGING PLANET, CONTINUALLY PRESENTING ORGANISMS WITH CHALLENGES. CHANGING GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE, ATMOSPHERE, OCEANIC AND LAND ENVIRONMENTS SET A STAGE IN WHICH ORGANISMS INTERACT WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND ONE ANOTHER, WITH EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE AN INEVITABLE RESULT. THE ORGANISMS THEMSELVES IN TURN CAN CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS: OXYGEN IN OUR ATMOSPHERE IS ALL PRODUCED BY PHOTOSYNTHESIS, FOR EXAMPLE. THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN A CHANGING EARTH AND ITS EVOLVING ORGANISMS IS THE UNDERLYING THEME OF THE BOOK.   THE BOOK HAS A DEDICATED WEBSITE WHICH EXPLORES ADDITIONAL ENRICHING INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION, AND PROVIDES OR POINTS TO THE ART FOR THE BOOK AND MANY OTHER IMAGES USEFUL FOR TEACHING. SEE: WWW.WILEY.COM/GO/COWEN/HISTORYOFLIFE.