Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos

Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution

Jonathan B. Losos

368 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
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A major new work overturning our assumptions about how evolution worksEarth's natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times....

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