An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth
Stephen Jay Gould, general editor
Life on Earth is bewilderingly complex, with tens of millions of organisms filling every conceivable ecological niche—and that doesn't count species now extinct. The Book of Life cuts through this confusion to lay out 3.5 billion years of evolution, explaining with gorgeous illustrations how Nature, purely by trial and error, started with bacteria and wound up with Madonna. (Norton, $40)
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