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One of the most fascinating topics in biology....[Zimmer] clearly understands the diverse scientific issues involved, and cuts through the scientific jargon so anyone can comprehend them.
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Zimmer does a good job of explaining how profoundly different are the physiological and structural requirements of life in water compared to life on land.
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More than just an informative book about macroevolution itself, this is an entertaining history of ideas written with literary flair and technical rigor.
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Zimmer is a born storyteller and succeeds in giving us pure pleasure while at the same time teaching us up-to-date science.
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Zimmer, an honored science journalist...leaves life among the fossils agreeably bright.
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Anyone with an interest in evolution should pick up this book to get on the cutting edge of discovery.
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From the first page Carl sets his book apart by diving straight into the most neglected, least understood mystery of all: how wholly new body plans and parts could have been created by natural forces that at first glance would seem to work to destroy innovation. Macroevolution is adaptation without a net. Carl's lucid, often lovely prose is making me finally understand how a species could pull it off without plunging into extinction. He is also very deft at crafting quick-bear narrative out of the lives, inspirations, foibles and occasional dastardliness of the scientists who have pursued this question, both historically and in modern times. I fully expect that At the Water's Edge will do for macroevolution what Jon Weiner's The Beak of the Finch did for microevolution or David Quammen's The Song of the Dodo did for extinction. I'm sure the book is going to really soar.
Robert L. Carroll
McGill University, author of Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Zimmer is an accomplished popularizer of scientific subjects. This book provides a strong basis for the public understanding of evolutionary patterns and processes
Peter Ward
University of Washington, author of The End of Evolution
This most compelling of evolutionary episodes is told with grace and style, Zimmer's book is a rock hammer blow to those who doubt that evolution is an understandable law of nature.
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