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Science writer Carl Zimmer and evolutionary biologist Douglas Emlen have teamed up to write a textbook intended for biology majors that will inspire students while delivering a solid foundation in evolutionary biology. Zimmer brings the same story-telling skills he displayed in The Tangled Bank, his 2009 non-majors textbook that the Quarterly Review of Biology called "spectacularly successful." Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused Evolution: Making Sense of Life with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today’s biology majors…

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8 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2015
    W. H. Freeman · 384 pages · 9781936221851
  • Paperback · English · 2015
    W. H. Freeman · 756 pages · 9781936221554
  • Other · English · 2020
    Achieve for Evolution
    Freeman & Company, W. H. · 9781319401467
  • Other · English · 2020
    Achieve for Evolution
    Freeman & Company, W. H. · 9781319374181
  • Other · English · 2019
    Freeman & Company, W. H. · 816 pages · 9781319079864
  • Other · English · 2019
    Freeman & Company, W. H. · 9781319230937
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