About this title: The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence. The history of life is littered with accidents: ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780521827041ISBN:0521827043
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780521603256ISBN:0521603250
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 8.98 by 1.34 inches. (486 pages) a controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader. the eminent evolutionary palaeobiologist simon conway morris challenges the accepted view that if the tape of life were wound back, the replay would be very different. he also asks: are we alone? the eminent evolutionary palaeobiologist simon conway morris challenges the accepted view that if the tape of life were wound back, the replay would be very different. ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780521603256ISBN:0521603250
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 486 pages. (486 pages) a controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader. 50 b/w illus. (Paperback) read more
Binding: orig. boards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: (2003)
Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 24x16cm, xxi, 464 pp. Contents: Looking for Easter Island; Can we break the great code? ; Universal Goo: life as a cosmic principle? ; The origin of life: straining the soup or our credulity? ; Uniquely lucky? The strangeness of Earth; Converging on the extreme; Seeing convergence; Alien convergences? ; The non-prevalence of humanoids? ; Evolution bound: the ubiquity of convergence; Towards a theology of evolution; Last word ["The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780521603256ISBN:0521603250
Description: Good. Books have varying amounts of wear and highlighting. Usually ships within 24 hours in quality packaging. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780521827041ISBN:0521827043
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾ Very good condition in green boards, DJ very good, very clean and tight, name and scribbles on ffp. read more
Description: New. The eminent evolutionary palaeobiologist Simon Conway Morris challenges the accepted view that if the tape of life were wound back, the replay would be very different. He also asks: are we alone? read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780521603256ISBN:0521603250
Description: Now in paperback, this title offers a new controversial interpretation of evolutionary theory. Arguing against the traditional Darwinian approach, the author finds nature turning to inevitable solutions in the development of life leading ultimately t... read more
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