Simon Conway Morris

The Runes of Evolution

How the Universe Became Self-Aware

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Produktbeschreibung

How did human beings acquire imaginations that can conjure up untrue possibilities? How did the Universe become self-aware? In The Runes of Evolution, Simon Conway Morris revitalizes the study of evolution from the perspective of convergence, providing us with compelling new evidence to support the mounting scientific view that the history of life is far more predictable than once thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Templeton Press
• First Edition, 1 edition
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 189mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1149g
• ISBN-13: 9781599474649
• ISBN-10: 1599474646
• Artikelnr.: 40112599

Autorenporträt

Simon Conway Morris is a leading evolutionary biologist and best known for his work on the Cambrian explosion (especially the Burgess Shale) and evolutionary convergence. He is also active in public outreach, especially in the area of science and religion where he also published extensively. A frequent guest on radio, and also with many television appearances, he has pioneered an extremely successful website on convergence (www.mapoflife.org) and is now constructing a new one addressing the wider issues of evolution. Based in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, where he holds the chair in evolutionary palaeobiology, he is also a fellow of St. John's College. His work has taken him to many parts of the world, including China, Mongolia, and Greenland.