Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction
by David Quammen
Recommended by Ed Yong
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Nature, Hobbies, and Most Recommended Books.
David Quammen's book, The Song of the Dodo, is a brilliant, stirring work, breathtaking in its scope, farreaching in its message a crucial book in precarious times, which radically alters the way in which we understand the natural world and our place in that world. It's also a book full of entertainment and wonders. In The Song of the Dodo, we ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Nature, Hobbies, and Most Recommended Books.
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Ed Yong
“These are the last 5 science/nature books I readas strong a lineup as I've ever read. I recommend them all.”
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Consider The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins. Recommended by 12 sources.
“Reading feels brisk and combative: clear metaphors and thought experiments carry much of the book, making abstract evolutionary mechanics concrete for a general reader. The most useful material offers step-by-step dismantling of purposive explanations and replaces them with probabilistic accounts of variation and selection. Main limitation is tone and repetition—several chapters restate the same counterarguments at length—and occasional technical detours into probability and genetics that slow readers who prefer story over demonstration. No hands-on exercises.”
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