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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Emily MonossonPublisher: Island Press Imprint: Island Press Edition: None ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781610914987ISBN 10: 1610914988 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 28 October 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIf you've ever wondered why you should care about evolution, Unnatural Selection is the book for you. And if you haven't wondered that, you need to read this to find out what you're missing. Environmental toxicologist Emily Monosson, with prose that is clear, succinct, and so interesting it's hard to put the book down, explains how people are speeding up an evolutionary arms race both within and around us. And that arms race is between us, disease, pests, and many other species on Earth. A thoroughly engaging read for anyone that cares about the role of humans on our planet. --Anthony Barnosky Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley and author of Heatstro If you've ever wondered why you should care about evolution, <i>Unnatural Selection</i> is the book for you. And if you haven't wondered that, you need to read this to find out what you're missing. Environmental toxicologist Emily Monosson, with prose that is clear, succinct, and so interesting it's hard to put the book down, explains how people are speeding up an evolutionary arms race both within and around us. And that arms race is between us, disease, pests, and many other species on Earth. A thoroughly engaging read for anyone that cares about the role of humans on our planet. --Anthony Barnosky Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley and author of Heatstroke Author InformationEmily Monosson is an independent biochemical toxicologist, writer, consultant, and college instructor. She is an adjunct Professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and teaches as a visiting faculty at Mount Holyoke College. She is the author of Evolution in a Toxic World and editor of Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory (Cornell, 2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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