{"product_id":"extinction-and-evolution-niles-eldredge-9781770853591","title":"Extinction and Evolution: What Fossils Reveal about the History of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"This book is a splendidly illustrated and thoughtfully constructed account of one of the greatest ideas ever conceived by the human mind -- evolution. Eldredge has cleverly combined our knowledge of living organisms with instructive insights into the fossil record to convincingly argue that evolution is, indeed, the grand unifying idea of biology.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -- Donald C. Johanson, Founder of the Institute of Human Origins, and author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Lucy to Language\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eExtinction and Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the work and discoveries of Niles Eldredge, one of the world's most renowned paleontologists, whose research overturned Charles Darwin's theory of evolution as a slow and inevitable process, as published in \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e in 1859. Darwin had concluded that evolutionary changes happened very slowly over millions of years. Eldredge's work, however, convinced him that Darwin was wrong and that major evolution of life forms does not happen to any significant degree until after a mass extinction event, thus disproving the traditional view of evolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eldredge's groundbreaking work is now accepted as the definitive statement of how life as we know it evolved on Earth. This book chronicles how Eldredge made his discoveries and traces the history of life through the lenses of paleontology, geology, ecology, anthropology, biology, genetics, zoology, mammalogy, herpetology, entomology and botany. While rigorously accurate, the text is accessible, engaging and free of jargon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eExtinction and Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e features 160 beautiful color plates that bridge the gap between science and art, and show more than 200 different fossil specimens, including photographs of some of the most significant fossil discoveries of recent years. This is a book with appeal to a broad general audience, including natural history readers and students. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niles Eldredge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770853596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770853591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Firefly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 9.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015","brand":"Niles Eldredge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987130614015,"sku":"9781770853591","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53cc862b-755b-49f0-904b-0db88fb53e2e.jpg?v=1683287194","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/extinction-and-evolution-niles-eldredge-9781770853591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}