Baxter, Stephen – Evolution – Baxter, Stephen
General:
Name: Baxter, Stephen – Evolution – Baxter, Stephen
Format: epub
Size: 640.06 KB
Book:
Title: Baxter, Stephen – Evolution
Author: Baxter, Stephen
Language: English
Year: 2003
Subjects: Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Random House Worlds
ISBN: 9780345457820
Total pages: 248 str.
Description:
“Magisterial and uplifting . . . A brilliant, grandscale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course.” –The Denver Post
Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty. Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius. From this humble beginning, Baxter traces the human lineage forward through time. The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals. It is a route that ends, for most species, in stagnation or extinction. Why should humanity escape this fate?
Praise for Evolution
“Spectacular.” – The New York Times Book Review
“Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . [ [i]Evolution[/i]] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future.” –Times Literary Supplement
“A breath of fresh air . . . The miracle of Evolution is that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story.” –The Washington Post Book World
Download from RapidGator
https://rapidgator.net/file/5dd80d315a06dc1a558ba70f7baa5f9f/wg37u1466xz438snfd0qxs.epub