Evolution: Making Sense of Life

by Douglas J. Emlen, Carl Zimmer

The new edition of Making Sense of Life is now supported in Achieve , Macmillan’s new online learning platform. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creating the most powerful online learning tool for students. It houses all of our renowned assessments, multimedia assets, e-books, and instructor resources in a powerful new platform.
Evolutionary Biologist, Douglas Emlen and Science Writer, Carl Zimmer continue to improve their widely-praised evolution textbook. Emlen, an award-winning evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, has infused Making Sense of Life with the technical rigor and conceptual depth that today’s biology majors require. Zimmer, an award-winning New York Times columnist, brings compelling storytelling to the book, bringing evolutionary research to life through a narrative sure to capture the attention of evolution students.
With riveting stories about evolutionary biologists at work everywhere from the Arctic to tropical rainforests to hospital wards, the book is a reading adventure designed to grab the imagination of students, showing them exactly why evolution makes such brilliant sense of life.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

816 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

Douglas J. Emlen is a professor at the University of Montana. He is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House, multiple research awards from the National Science Foundation, including their five-year CAREER award, and a Young Investigator Prize and the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award from the American Society of Naturalists. His research has been featured in outlets including the New York Times and National Public Radio’s Fresh Air.

Reviews

[Haley]

Read 500 pgs of this so gonna count it as read bc I deserve it LOL

[Lizzy Li · Rating 3 out of 5]

so swag i love that this is the only textbook i have kept up with the readings for!

i love the course i love jannice
this was helpful to clarify concepts because jannice was not the biggest fan of definitions and also she taught math through examples which was not my cup of tea

also liked that this was very easy to read and took a relatively short amount of time because of the spacing heheh also very well organized! yay

[Ethan P. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had to read this for my Evolution class. The book had a lot of interesting stuff but the class was dreadful, especially my awful professor. My professor is a editor for peer-reviewed research journals and he noted countless misinformation in this textbook. It’s still good overall, just needs updated information.

[Jackson Elworthy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Going to do my own research on these things

[Kendra Shaw · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can’t wait until the prof who made me read this book is out of my life