In the blink of an eye: the cause of the most dramatic event in the history of life (Record no. 370341)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780743219808
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 576.8
Cutter PAR
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Parker, Andrew
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title In the blink of an eye: the cause of the most dramatic event in the history of life
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Free Press
Place of publication, distribution, etc London
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2003
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xviii, 316 pages; 24 cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "The 'when' and the 'what' of this extraordinary event, known as the 'Cambrian explosion', have been known for some years, and were made famous in Stephen Jay Gould's bestselling book Wonderful Life. What has - until now - been speculation is the 'why'. Why did this 'Big Bang' of evolution happen when it did? What caused it? Andrew Parker's explanation is that it was during this period that the eye evolved, leading to the birth of active predation. Those primitive life-forms swimming in the Cambrian seas had their eyes opened for literally the first time. Suddenly there was enormous pressure to evolve hard external parts as defences, and clasping limbs to grab prey. The animal kingdom had exploded into life, and the country of the blind became a teeming mass of hunters and hunted, all scrambling for their place on the evolutionary tree." "This theory, which is becoming increasingly influential and accepted, is fully explored and described in this book. A scientific detective story which encompasses disciplines as diverse as biology, history, geology and art, In the Blink of an Eye is destined to become a popular-science classic."
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Invertebrates, Fossil
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Paleontology
Chronological subdivision Cambrian
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evolution (Biology)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Burgess Shale (B.C.)
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Item type Books
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     General Book Symbiosis Institute of Business Management - Hyderabad Symbiosis Institute of Business Management - Hyderabad General 21/08/2015 World Book Links 1900.00 576.8 PAR SIBMH-B-3841 14/12/2023 SIBMH-B-3841 Books