{"product_id":"shaking-the-tree-henry-gee-9780226284972","title":"Shaking the Tree: Readings from Nature in the History of Life","description":"\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e has published news about the history of life ever since its first issue in 1869, in which T. H. Huxley (\"Darwin's bulldog\") wrote about Triassic dinosaurs. In recent years, the field has enjoyed a tremendous flowering due to new investigative techniques drawn from cladistics (a revolutionary method for charting evolutionary relationships) and molecular biology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eShaking the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e brings together nineteen review articles written for \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e over the past decade by many of the major figures in paleontology and evolution, from Stephen Jay Gould to Simon Conway Morris. Each article is brief, accessible, and opinionated, providing \"shoot from the hip\" accounts of the latest news and debates. Topics covered include major extinction events, homeotic genes and body plans, the origin and evolution of the primates, and reconstructions of phylogenetic trees for a wide variety of groups. The editor, Henry Gee, gives new commentary and updated references. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eShaking the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a one-stop resource for engaging overviews of the latest research in the history of life on Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Gee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226284972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226284972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.02w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2000 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2000 pg. 48","brand":"Henry Gee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46880903233791,"sku":"9780226284972","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e13a3ba1-463a-4ff0-9596-32473d7e5a22.jpg?v=1747970070","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shaking-the-tree-henry-gee-9780226284972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}