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irohnic's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
A good read for anyone interested in evolutionary biology at all. It was really fun to read until I got to the micro-biology sections. They felt very repetitive and drawn out to me
imacocoageek's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
mpan's review against another edition
Need to come back to it, haven't been in the mood for NF
kasualobserver's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent thesis book on evolutionary biology, investigating whether evolution is deterministic. As rate it almost as high as "The beak of the finch".
Crammed with data, along with an excellent exploration of the last 30 years of research up to 2014. Highly recommended to anyone with a factual interest in recent evolutionary biology.
Crammed with data, along with an excellent exploration of the last 30 years of research up to 2014. Highly recommended to anyone with a factual interest in recent evolutionary biology.
shawnwhy's review against another edition
5.0
this is a really realyl fun book about convergent evolution. by taking us through a series of experiments( lizards, Ecoli, Fish) he takes on teh quite fast process of gradual evolution.
pedrocintra52's review against another edition
5.0
Simply amazing! The author writes in a light and funny way. I can definetly say that I did laught a lot while reading it, and at the same time I was learning something new. I felt like the author was having a friendly chat with me about the subject.
The book is divided in 3 main parts, the first one introduces the concept of convergent evolution and discusses what excatly it is and how we define it. The second goes through lots of examples of convergence and divergence in nature, examples that are usually cited as evidence both by those in favor and against the idea of convergence evolution. The third part is my favorite, it is dedicated to experiments in evolution (including the author himself). I would seriously recommend it to anyone who enjoys the topic of evolution or ecology. For those that are not really into evolution, I recommend it as well because you will probably find out you like this topic.
The book is divided in 3 main parts, the first one introduces the concept of convergent evolution and discusses what excatly it is and how we define it. The second goes through lots of examples of convergence and divergence in nature, examples that are usually cited as evidence both by those in favor and against the idea of convergence evolution. The third part is my favorite, it is dedicated to experiments in evolution (including the author himself). I would seriously recommend it to anyone who enjoys the topic of evolution or ecology. For those that are not really into evolution, I recommend it as well because you will probably find out you like this topic.