THE EVOLUTIONARY WORLD: HOW ADAPTATION EXPLAINS EVERYTHING FROM SEASHELLS TO CIVILIZATION
Book ID/图书代码： 13000510B35286
English Summary/英文概要： From why grass evolved to why insects do not inhabit the sea, Geerat Vermeij answers questions that most of us have forgotten even to ask. He does so in a style of such warm humanity and light informality that the reader can find himself grappling with great evolutionary conundrums without discernible effort – Matt Ridley, author of GENOME: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
The Evolutionary World is a bold, brash, and magisterial account of the fundamental mechanisms that built our bodies, our genes, and our society. A culmination of decades of thinking by one of our leading scientists, this is a book that is sure to stir the pot. In Vermeij’s deft hands the vast scope of this book becomes a compelling story to read, to debate and to enlighten – Neil Shubin, author of YOUR INNER FISH: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
A wonderfully rich and wise book. Combining an exhilarating zest for life with unusual and acute powers of observation, Geerat Vermeij is also a refreshingly original thinker. His insights into the processes of evolution and their relevance to science and society are striking and thought-provoking. An illuminating book – Nick Lane, author of LIFE ASCENDING: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 草為什麼會演變進化？昆蟲為什麼不會以海為家？你是否思考過這個問題呢？這些看似有趣實則難以解釋的現象如今謎底揭曉。熱愛自然、熱衷於探險的Geerat Vermeij帶你領略奇妙的生物進化世界。 草為什麼會進化？昆蟲為什麼不會以海為家？Geerat Vermeij回答了這些我們平時根本想不起要去考究的問題。他以一種非正式的頗具人性溫暖的語調去闡述一個關於進化理論的難題。幾個世紀以來科學家的苦心研究得以完成，而本書必定會引起此領域前所未有的關注。
經過Vermeij匠心妙手的編織，如此寬泛的課題研究範圍在本書中似乎搖身一變成為了一個引人入勝的故事。對於生命的熱情和獨具天賦的觀察能力總是賦予Geerat Vermeij與眾不同的想法，而他深度的洞察力使其對於進化演變過程以及其與科學和社會的關係的研究總是能給人啟發。這是一本不可多得的能發人深省的科學研究作品。(Claire)
Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold: Thomas Dunne/St Martin’s Press (US), Dutch (Nieuw Amsterdam), Hebrew (Books in the Attic)
About the Author/作者介绍： GEERAT J. VERMEIJ是加州大學大衛斯分校的海洋生態與古生態學教授。他已出版過一百餘篇科學論文和四本書，包括《貝殼的自然史》（普林斯頓大學出版社，1993）和名為《特權之手：科學的人生》的自傳（瓦弗裡曼，1997）。他曾擔任Evolution的編輯，Evolution是該領域內的重要期刊，另外VERMEIJ還熱衷於探險。1992年，他獲得了麥克亞瑟獎學金。除了他的學術貢獻之外，他對自然世界同樣有著高度的熱愛。
GEERAT J. VERMEIJ is Professor of Marine Ecology and Paleoecology at the University of California at Davis. He has published more than a hundred scientific papers and four books, including A Natural History of Shells (Princeton University Press, 1993) and an autobiography entitled Privileged Hands: A Scientific Life (W. H. Freeman, 1997). He served as editor of Evolution, the field’s foremost journal, has a world-class collection of shells, and is an intrepid field naturalist and explorer. In 1992, he won a MacArthur Fellowship. In addition to his scholarly contributions, his passion and enthusiasm for understanding the natural world is further demonstrated by his ability to make science assessable to all segments of society – from teaching in a traditional academic setting to sharing his knowledge with others in a highly acclaimed PBS series, ‘The Shape of Life’.
Format:HARDCOVER
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