At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea

at the water's edge : fish with fingers, whales with legs, and how life came ashore but then went back to sea

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At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea

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Michael S. Y. Lee

Nature

One of the most fascinating topics in biology....[Zimmer] clearly understands the diverse scientific issues involved, and cuts through the scientific jargon so anyone can comprehend them.


Philip Gingerich

The New York Times Book Review

Zimmer does a good job of explaining how profoundly different are the physiological and structural requirements of life in water compared to life on land.


Booklist

A fascinating story, which Zimmer unfolds as a tale of high-stakes scientific sleuthing...thanks to marvelously lucid writing.


Publishers Weekly

More than just an informative book about macroevolution itself, this is an entertaining history of ideas written with literary flair and technical rigor.


Ernst Mayr

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Zimmer is a born storyteller and succeeds in giving us pure pleasure while at the same time teaching us up-to-date science.



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Ernst Mayr Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Zimmer is a born storyteller and succeeds in giving us pure pleasure while at the same time teaching us up-to-date science.

At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea

At the Water's Edge : Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea,Carl Zimmer,Free Press,0684856239,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Life Sciences - Evolution,Science,Science/Mathematics,Evolution,Popular science,Science / General

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