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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307277453
ISBN-139780307277459
eBay Product ID (ePID)66830241
Product Key Features
Book TitleYour Inner Fish : a Journey Into the 3. 5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAnimals / Fish, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreNature, Science
AuthorNeil Shubin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.2 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-285945
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"A compelling scientific adventure story that will change forever how you understand what it means to be human." -Oliver Sacks "Magisterial. . . . If you want to understand the evolutionary history of man and other animals, and read no other account this year, read this splendid monograph." -Financial Times "Wonderful. . . . A remarkably readable trip through the deep history of our own bodies." -The Boston Globe "[Shubin's] simple, passionate writing may turn more than a few high-school students into aspiring biologists." -Nature "Lively. . . . Join him and learn to love your body for what it really is: a jury-rigged fish." -Discover "Remarkably enthusiastic. . . . Shubin presents his arguments creatively and concisely, tackling sometimes profound questions about origins and evolution directly, even humorously." -San Diego Union-Tribune "Shubin's hand, transformed from what was once a fishy fin, provides a powerful example of what evolution is capable of. . . . A deft synthesis." -New Scientist "A delightful introduction to our skeletal structure, viscera and other vital parts. . . . [Shubin] is a warm and disarming guide." -Los Angeles Times "With infectious enthusiasm, unfailing clarity, and laugh-out-loud humor, Neil Shubin has created a book on paleontology, genetics, genomics, and anatomy that is almost impossible to put down. In telling the story of why we are who we are, Shubin does more than show us our inner fish; he awakens and excites the inner scientist in us all." -Pauline Chen, author ofFinal Exam "The antievolution crowd is always asking where the missing links in the descent of man are. Well, paleontologist Shubin actually discovered one. . . . A crackerjack comparative anatomist, he uses his find to launch a voyage of discovery about the evolutionary evidence we can readily see at hand. . . . Shubin relays all this exciting evidence and reasoning so clearly that no general-interest library should be without this book." -Booklist(starred review) "A skillful writer, paleontologist Shubin conveys infectious enthusiasm. . . . Even readers with only a layperson's knowledge of evolution will learn marvelous things about the unity of all organisms since the beginning of life." -Kirkus Reviews(starred review) "Fish paleontologist Shubin illuminates the subject of evolution with humor and clarity in this compelling look at how the human body evolved into its present state. . . . Shubin moves smoothly through the anatomical spectrum. . . . [He] excels at explaining the science, making each discovery an adventure." -Publishers Weekly "I was hooked from the first chapter ofYour Inner Fish. Creationists will want this book banned because it presents irrefutable evidence for a transitional creature that set the stage for the journey from sea to land. This engaging book combines the excitement of discovery with the rigors of great scholarship to provide a convincing case of evolution from fish to man." -Don Johanson, director, Institute of Human Origins; discoverer of "Lucy" "In this extraordinary book, Neil Shubin takes us on an epic expedition to arctic wastelands, where his team discovered amazing new fossil evidence of creatures that bridge the gap between fish and land-living animals. . . .With clarity and wit, Shubin shows us how exciting it is to be in the new age of discovery in evol, "A delightful introduction to our skeletal structure, viscera and other vital parts-and evidence that learning the secrets of the human body need not unhinge you. . . . [Shubin] is a warm and disarming guide. . . . Future researchers, aware that the ingredients of our evolutionary precursors are part of the human recipe, may well find new ways to prevent the wear and tear on our fish-begotten bodies. And who knows? Maybe one or two of them will have had their first taste of the marvels of human evolution in Neil Shubin's anatomy class." -Los Angeles Times "With infectious enthusiasm, unfailing clarity, and laugh-out-loud humor, Neil Shubin has created a book on paleontology, genetics, genomics, and anatomy that is almost impossible to put down. In telling the story of why we are who we are, Shubin does more than show us our inner fish; he awakens and excites the inner scientist in us all." -Pauline Chen, author ofFinal Exam "Your Inner Fishis my favorite sort of book-an intelligent, exhilarating, and compelling scientific adventure story, one which will change forever how you understand what it means to be human. . . . Shubin is not only a distinguished scientist, but a wonderfully lucid and elegant writer; he is an irrepressibly enthusiastic teacher whose humor and intelligence and spellbinding narrative make this book an absolute delight.Your Inner Fishis not only a great read; it marks the debut of a science writer of the first rank." -Oliver Sacks, Amazon.com "The antievolution crowd is always asking where the missing links in the descent of man are. Well, paleontologist Shubin actually discovered one. . . . A crackerjack comparative anatomist, he uses his find to launch a voyage of discovery about the evolutionary evidence we can readily see at hand. . . . Shubin relays all this exciting evidence and reasoning so clearly that no general-interest library should be without this book." -Booklist(starred review) "A skillful writer, paleontologist Shubin conveys infectious enthusiasm. . . . Even readers with only a layperson's knowledge of evolution will learn marvelous things about the unity of all organisms since the beginning of life." -Kirkus Reviews(starred review) "Fish paleontologist Shubin illuminates the subject of evolution with humor and clarity in this compelling look at how the human body evolved into its present state. . . . Shubin moves smoothly through the anatomical spectrum. . . . [He] excels at explaining the science, making each discovery an adventure." -Publishers Weekly "I was hooked from the first chapter ofYour Inner Fish. Creationists will want this book banned because it presents irrefutable evidence for a transitional creature that set the stage for the journey from sea to land. This engaging book combines the excitement of discovery with the rigors of great scholarship to provide a convincing case of evolution from fish to man." -Don Johanson, director, Institute of Human Origins; discoverer of "Lucy" "In this extraordinary book, Neil Shubin takes us on an epic expedition to arctic wastelands, where his team discovered amazing new fossil evidence of creatures that bridge the gap between fish and land-living animals. . . .With clarity and wit, Shubin shows us how exciting it is to be in the new age of discovery in evolutionary biology." -Mike Novacek, author ofTerra: Our 100 Million Year Ecosystem and the Threats That Now Put It at Risk "Cleverly weaving together adventures in paleontology with very accessible science, Neil Shubin reveals the many surprisingly deep connectio
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SynopsisThe paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the "fish with hands," tells a "compelling scientific adventure story that will change forever how you understand what it means to be human" (Oliver Sacks). By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria. Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is science writing at its finest--enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm., Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik , the "fish with hands," tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. The basis for the PBS series. By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria. Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is science writing at its finest--enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm.
LC Classification NumberQM26.S58 2009
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