Once We All Had Gills: Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World
Author:   Rudolf A. Raff
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253002358


Pages:   354
Publication Date:   16 July 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rudolf A. Raff
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780253002358


ISBN 10:   0253002354
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   16 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Becoming a Naturalist 1. Space-Time 2. Layers of the Past 3. An Age of Dinosaurs 4. A School a Minute 5. In the Natural World 6. Transformations 7. Going South 8. Learning to Love the Bomb 9. On the Road to Chiapas 10. The Masked Messenger Part II: Finding Evolution, Founding Evo-Devo 11. Evolution as Science 12. Dining with Darwin 13. Life with Sea Urchins 14. Embryos Evolving 15. Evolution in the Tasman Sea 16. An Alternate Present 17. Biology Meets Fossils Part III: Strange New World 18. Darwin's Day in Court 19. Creationist Makeovers 20. Evolution Matters Selected Bibliography Index

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This biography-history-travelogue-defense-of-science-and-the-scientific-method should appeal to readers of Sean Carroll and Stephen J. Gould -- to anyone who is fascinated by travel and scientific exploration... An engaging story told with verve and style. Brian Hall, author of Evolution: Principles and Processes


<p> Thisbiography-history-travelogue-defense-of-science-and-the-scientific-method shouldappeal to readers of Sean Carroll and Stephen J. Gould -- to anyone who isfascinated by travel and scientific exploration.... An engaging story told withverve and style. -- Brian Hall, author of Evolution: Principles andProcesses--Brian Hall, author of Evolution: Principles and Processes


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Rudolf A. Raff is James H. Rudy Professor of Biology at Indiana University and one of the founders of the field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). He is director of the Indiana Molecular Biology Institute, editor-in-chief of Evolution & Development, Guggenheim Fellow, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is author of The Shape of Life: Genes, Development, and Evolution of Animal Form and author (with Thom Kaufman) of Embryos, Genes, and Evolution.

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