{"product_id":"at-the-waters-edge-fish-with-fingers-whales-with-legs-and-how-life-came-ashore-but-then-went-back-to-sea-paperback","title":"At the Water's Edge: Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore But Then Went Back to Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Zimmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEverybody Out of the Pond\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAt the Water's Edge\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way you think about your place in the world. The awesome journey of life's transformation from the first microbes 4 billion years ago to \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e today is an epic that we are only now beginning to grasp. Magnificent and bizarre, it is the story of how we got here, what we left behind, and what we brought with us. \u003cbr\u003e We all know about evolution, but it still seems absurd that our ancestors were fish. Darwin's idea of natural selection was the key to solving generation-to-generation evolution -- microevolution -- but it could only point us toward a complete explanation, still to come, of the engines of macroevolution, the transformation of body shapes across millions of years. Now, drawing on the latest fossil discoveries and breakthrough scientific analysis, Carl Zimmer reveals how macroevolution works. Escorting us along the trail of discovery up to the current dramatic research in paleontology, ecology, genetics, and embryology, Zimmer shows how scientists today are unveiling the secrets of life that biologists struggled with two centuries ago. \u003cbr\u003e In this book, you will find a dazzling, brash literary talent and a rigorous scientific sensibility gracefully brought together. Carl Zimmer provides a comprehensive, lucid, and authoritative answer to the mystery of how nature actually made itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Zimmer, author of At the Water's Edge, is a frequent contributor to Discover, National Geographic, Natural History, Nature, and Science. He is a winner of the Everett Clark Award for science journalism and the American Institute of Biological Sciences Media Award. A John S. Guggenheim Fellow, he has also received the Pan-American Health Organization Award for Excellence in International Health Reporting and the American Institute of Biological Sciences Media Award. His previous books include\u003ci\u003e Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParasite Rex\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e At the Water's Edge\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.39 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761548427552,"sku":"9780684856230","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ade74e1ab17a3dd42a303c7db60c51ac.webp?v=1780210179","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/at-the-waters-edge-fish-with-fingers-whales-with-legs-and-how-life-came-ashore-but-then-went-back-to-sea-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}