Almost Like a Whale [Hardcover]

Steve Jones (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2, 1999

Containing anecdotes, facts and humour, this work uses 20th-century science to update the theories presented in Darwin's "The Origin of Species".

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About the Author

Jones is Professor of Genetics at University College London and has worked at universities in the USA, Australia and Africa. He gave the BBC Reith Lectures in 1991, and presented a successful BBC TV series on human genetics and evolution in 1996. He is a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph and frequently appears on radio and television. His previous books include The Language of the Genes (which won the 1994 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize) and In the Blood (shortlisted for the 1997 Rhone-Poulenc). He won the 1997 Royal Society Faraday Medal for the Public Understanding of Science. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday; First Edition edition (September 2, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385409850
• ISBN-13: 978-0385409858
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,209,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An introduction to Darwin, without tears, December 27, 2007

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C. W. Johnson (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Almost Like a Whale (Paperback)

I have not read the original work by Charles Darwin, the famous "The Origin of Species" - but this book "Almost Like a Whale" (it's title in its native English and the Australian market) not only introduces Darwin's main lines of argument and examples, it also brings many of them up to date. It uses Darwin's original chapter structure and organization to do so, bringing into modern illustrations of examples, better cases, and modernized arguments - and current scientific questions. It is very well written, good for reading a chapter at a time to allow for reflection between groups of ideas.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, December 26, 2005

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Enigma - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almost Like a Whale (Hardcover)

A wonderfully well written book that is accessible for everyone- I'm no biologist but I could understand everything about. The book deals with evolutionary biology and Darwin's theory of evolution. A must for anyone interested in where they and the world around them are from or linked to one another.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brits vs. the Yanks, September 13, 2004

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desefinado "desefinado" (Centennial, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almost Like a Whale (Hardcover)

Actually, this "review" is meant merely to link "Darwin's Ghost", the American title of this work and its many fine reviews to "Almost Like A Whale" the British title. It's interesting how marketers treat the clash of cultures isn't it?