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Evolution: The Whole Story /anglais

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All humans are fascinated by their origins and this comprehensive book traces an extraordinary journey spanning 4 billion years from the emergence of bacteria to the rise of the species that coexist today Evolution The Whole Story equips you with everything you need to know about the development and survival of life on Earth Our understanding of evolution has a profound effect on our appreciation of the natural world The plants and animals alive today account for only one per cent of the species that have ever lived and this book will enable you to understand why and how the other 99 per cent perished Here you will encounter pivotal evolutionary turning points uncover false starts and global disasters and trace the crucial scientific breakthroughs that have contributed to our understanding of this planet and the creatures on it

576 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2015

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Steve Parker

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Steve Parker is a British science writer of children's and adult's books. He has written more than 300 titles and contributed to or edited another 150.

Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.

Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.

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Profile Image for Христо Блажев.
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April 8, 2020
Еволюцията – величава история в процес: http://knigolandia.info/book-review/e...

Какво Книжище. Започнах я преди две седмици и бааавно (не чак като еволюционния процес, де) я разгръщах. Информацията, събрана в тези почти 600 цветни страници, бе толкова много, че сега, поглеждайки назад, направо се чудя какво прочетох, това не е енциклопедия, от която да научиш поне някакви куриозни факти, то си е книжище, към което да се връщаш често. “Еволюция. Цялата история” е от тези скъпоценни бисери в библиотеката, които си имаш завинаги на най-най-видно място.

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Profile Image for Kiril Valchev.
210 reviews4 followers
January 20, 2019
Единайсет автора (+ предговор от известния английски антрополог Алис Робъртс) са допринесли за това прекрасно издание. Ясно е, че процес продължаващ вече около 4 млрд. години, не може да бъде обхванат от 550-тина страници и не очаквайте книга, насочена (предимно) към неспециалисти, да навлиза в голяма дълбочина. След въведение, запознаващо ни с основните термини и процеси в еволюционната биология, палеонтологията и геологията, следват стотици, богато илюстровани страници (над 1000 изображения и снимки), очертаващи ключовите етапи и видове, довели до заобикалящото ни биоразнообразие.

П.П. Известно е, че царството на Гъбите на се слави с особено изчерпателна хроника, проследяваща еволюционната му история, но можеше да драснат някой и друг ред за тези изключителни организми.
П.П.2 Имайте предвид, че книгата уморява- и ръцете, и очите. :)
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26 reviews
February 21, 2018
It doesn’t give much of a view point on Evolution, rather focuses & explains the many different species & creatures that exist(ed).
Not what I expected from an evolution book, although the hypothesis & time frames are well presented.
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