Consider the Platypus
Evolution through Biology's Most Baffling Beasts
$41.58
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2019
Summary
CONSIDER THE PLATYPUS explores the history and features of more than 50 animals to provide insight into our current understanding of evolution. Using Darwin’s theory as a springboard, Maggie Ryan Sandford details scientists’ initial understanding of the development of creatures and how that has expanded in the wake of genetic sequencing, including the:
Peppered Moth, which changed color based on the amount of soot in the London air;California Two-Spotted Octopus, which has the am…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316418393 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0316418390 |
| Author: | Maggie Ryan Sandford, Rodica Prato |
| Publisher: | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.02kg |
| Dimensions: | 264mm x 190mm x 26mm |
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“Consider the Platypus is a marvelously fun book, one that encourages the reader to think about evolution from new angles by exploring the “oddballs of the animal kingdom,” who are some of the favorite animals of evolutionary biologists.“–American Scientist“I have met Maggie Ryan Sandford, and I have read her work. And I am confident that she is the ideal woman to explain why dolphins are weird.”–Chuck Klosterman“In Consider the Platypus, science journalist Maggie Ryan Sandford examines the curious species [of platypus] and more than 40 others of particular interest to the study of evolution… In cheery, pun-filled prose, she reviews the physical characteristics of the species, sketches its development and considers the evolutionary lesson it has to teach.”–Wall Street Journal’s “What to Give: Books on Nature”“Science buffs and animal lovers will gravitate to Consider the Platypus…. If you’re intrigued by DNA-altering octopuses, radiation-withstanding tardigrades, and venomous platypuses, then you should pick [it] up!”–-Ars TechnicaA pre-blurb from Mary Roach, who doesn’t blurb: “Oh man, everyone should be writing science in oversized graphic form, especially about evolution. Everyone loves weird animals. I’m envious.”–Mary Roach
About The Author
Maggie Ryan Sandford
Maggie Ryan Sandford is a science journalist, broadcast media producer, researcher, award-winning comedy writer, speaker, and performer. She has been published in Smithsonian, Slate, Nautili.us, National Geographic, mental floss, Glamour, ComedyCentral.com, The Onion’s A.V Club, and appeared regularly on All Things Considered and Freakonomics Tell Me Something You Don’t Know. She also worked as a research associate at the Science Museum of Minnesota, where she studied the way people engage with science. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Rodica Prato’s award-winning pen-and-ink work has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, books and advertisements, including many of Martha Stewart’s books; the official map of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, drawn tree by tree; the Steinway history 88 Keys; a number of Garrison Keillor’s covers, and detailed illustrations for The White House Historical Association. She lives in New York City.Returns
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