YOUR INNER FISH: A JOURNEY INTO THE 3.5-BILLION-YEAR HISTORY OF THE HUMAN BODY
by SHUBIN, NEIL;
List Price: HK$ 160.00
¡@ISBN
9780307277459
¡@Subject
SCIENCE & NATURE
¡@Publisher
VINTAGE USA
¡@Publication
2009
¡@Edition
Paperback
¡@Version
Original
¡@Description
WHY DO WE LOOK THE WAY WE DO? 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. 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 genome 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 as its finest - enlightening, accessible, and told with irresistible enthusiasm.
