In this dazzling companion to the most important PBS television series this fall, award-winning journalist Carl Zimmer collaborates with leading scholars to tell the compelling story of the theory of evolution-from Darwin to 21st century science Darwin's The Origin of Species was breathtaking-beautifully written, staunchly defended, defiantly radical. Yet it emerged long before modern genetics, molecular biology, and contemporary findings in paleontology. ...

Describes various animals that have adapted to cold climates such as an Alaska blackfish, the ptarmigan, the polar bear, the musk ox, and the emperor penguin. Features a chart about animals in cold climates, a glossary, and book and Internet resources.

"Meet the amazing hump-backed mammals of the desert! This book explores the features and behaviors of camels, including their desert adaptations and the distinctions between the two camel species. A folk talk explains how camels got their humps." -- Provided by publisher.

This work is updated version of the original groundbreaking Adam and Evolution. It not only heavily criticises neo-Darwinian orthodoxy in all its various fields but also provides a logical, alternative perspective to the question of life's origin. Its premise is that matter (and therefore any biological vehicle) is a form of non-conscious energy but code is an expression of thought. Matter itself, having no reason, cannot produce codified information....

Reginald and Gertrude are both monsters, but Reginald thinks that he is nothing like Gertrude. Gertrude will have to explain to him the difference between living and nonliving things before Reginald can be convinced he isn't so different after all.

A picture book about transformations.. from egg to chicken, see to flower, caterpillar to butterfly. It's also about creativity--as paint becomes a picture, words become a story, etc.