Biological Innovations that Built the World [electronic resource] : A Four-billion-year Journey through Life and Earth History

• Tác giả: Roberto Ligrone
• ISBN-13: 978-3030160579
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 576.8 Evolution
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Mô tả vật lý: XIX, 490 p. 192 illus., 47 illus. in color. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 295586
• Chủ đề: 1. Biogeography; 2. Environment; 3. Evolution (Biology); 4. Microbiology; 5. Evolutionary Biology

Tóm tắt

The book is a detailed account of major biological events that contributed to create the present world and our species, with emphasis on cause-effect interrelationships and environmental impact. Its main goal is to guide the reader toward an understanding of the continuity of life across diversity, and of its large-scale interactions with the planet. Combining scientific soundness with a constant effort for clarity, the book begins with a cloud of dust in a corner of the Galaxy and, covering an immense lapse of time, terminates with an organism that ponders about the texture of the Universe. Comprehensive, updated references added to each chapter will help the reader wishing to expand any of the topics. A glossary explains less common technical terms.