Evolution Making Sense of Life Third Edition by Douglas J. Emlen Carl Zimmer
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Evolutionary Biologist, Douglas Emlen and Science Writer, Carl Zimmer continue to improve
their widely-praised evolution textbook. 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 require. Zimmer, an award-winning
New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary
research to life through a narrative sure to capture the attention of evolution students.
With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to
tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the
imagination of students, showing them exactly why evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.