LEADER 03307nam 22004935 450 001 9910793751203321 005 20210120203859.0 010 $a0-300-24916-0 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300249163 035 $a(CKB)4100000008870005 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5844758 035 $a(DE-B1597)536057 035 $a(OCoLC)1111971036 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300249163 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7027362 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7027362 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008870005 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNature Strange and Beautiful $eHow Living Beings Evolved and Made the Earth a Home /$fEgbert Giles Leigh, Christian Ziegler 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (305 pages) 311 $a0-300-24462-2 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tOne. Introduction --$tTWO. How We Approach the Problem --$tTHREE. Adaptation, Individual and Social --$tFOUR. Life's Common Ancestry, and Its Origin --$tFIVE. Diversification --$tSIX. Integrating Diversity into Community --$tSEVEN. Heredity, Natural Selection, and Evolution --$tEIGHT. Organizing Genes for Adaptive Evolution --$tNINE. The Processes of Evolution --$tTEN. The Last Transition --$tELEVEN. What Have We Learned, and What Is Still Unknown? --$tBibliographic Essay --$tIndex 330 $aA beautifully written exploration of how cooperation shaped life on earth, from its single-celled beginnings to complex human societies In this rich, wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated volume, Egbert Leigh explores the results of billions of years of evolution at work. Leigh, who has spent five decades on Panama's Barro Colorado Island reflecting on the organization of various amazingly diverse tropical ecosystems, now shows how selection on "selfish genes" gives rise to complex modes of cooperation and interdependence. With the help of such artists as the celebrated nature photographer Christian Ziegler, natural history illustrator Deborah Miriam Kaspari, and Damond Kyllo, Leigh explains basic concepts of evolutionary biology, ranging from life's single-celled beginnings to the complex societies humans have formed today. The book covers a range of topics, focusing on adaptation, competition, mutualism, heredity, natural selection, sexual selection, genetics, and language. Leigh's reflections on evolution, competition, and cooperation show how the natural world becomes even more beautiful when viewed in the light of evolution. 606 $aEvolution (Biology) 608 $aInstructional and educational works.$2fast 608 $aInstructional and educational works.$2lcgft 608 $aMate?riel d'e?ducation et de formation.$2rvmgf 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 676 $a576.8 700 $aLeigh$b Egbert Giles$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01528177 702 $aZiegler$b Christian$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793751203321 996 $aNature Strange and Beautiful$93771607 997 $aUNINA