Biology:Almost Like a Whale
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Short description: 1999 nonfiction book by Steve Jones
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| Author | Steve Jones |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | On the Origin of Species |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 402 |
| ISBN | ISBN:978-0-385-40985-8 |
| OCLC | 41420544 |
| 576.8 21 | |
| LC Class | QH367 .J75 1999 |
Almost like a Whale by Steve Jones is a modern introduction to Charles Darwin's Origin of Species and closely follows its structure.[1][2] It won the 1999 BP Natural World Book Prize.[3]
An American version was published as Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated (ISBN:978-0-375-50103-6).
The title refers to Darwin's observation that a bear, swimming in a lake and catching insects in its mouth, might conceivably evolve over time into a creature "almost like a whale". This statement attracted much ridicule at the time.
References
- ↑ Radford, Tim (2011). "Almost Like a Whale by Steve Jones – book review". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/may/27/almost-like-whale-steve-jones.
- ↑ Berry, Andrew. "Data Guy". https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v22/n03/andrew-berry/data-guy.
- ↑ (in English) Almost like a whale: the origin of species updated. OCLC 41420544. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41420544. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
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