Neil Shubin: 5 books

Book cover of The Universe Within

The Universe Within

The Deep History of the Human Body

by Neil Shubin
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013

From one of our finest and most popular science writers, the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery story as big as the world itself: How have astronomical events that took place millions of years ago created the unique qualities of the human species? In...
Book cover of Your Inner Fish

Your Inner Fish

A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body

by Neil Shubin
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008

Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered Tiktaalik, the “fish with hands,” tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. The basis for the PBS series. By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins,...
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Some Assembly Required

Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA

by Neil Shubin
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2020

The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life on Earth--a new view of the evolution of human and animal life that can help to determine whether our presence here is accidental or inevitable. Over the...
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Das Universum in dir

Eine etwas andere Naturgeschichte

by Neil Shubin
Language: German
Release Date: July 24, 2014

Die Gesamtgeschichte der Erde und des Menschen und von Allem – ungewöhnlich, unterhaltsam und packend!Seit dem Urknall haben sich Galaxien, Sonnensysteme und Planeten gebildet und im Laufe der Äonen entwickelte sich das Leben auf der Erde. Angesichts dessen könnten wir Menschen uns unbedeutend...
Book cover of Der Fisch in uns

Der Fisch in uns

Eine Reise durch die 3,5 Milliarden Jahre alte Geschichte unseres Körpers

by Neil Shubin
Language: German
Release Date: September 6, 2015

Wussten Sie, dass sich Ihre Zähne aus dem Panzer haiähnlicher Fische entwickelt haben? Und wussten Sie auch, dass Ihre Hände und Füße von einer Fischflosse abstammen? Der preisgekrönte Paläontologe Neil Shubin, der selbst spektakuläre Fossilien entdeckt hat, erzählt die spannende Geschichte...
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