The Story Of Life
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good — worn/faded, small tears; clipped. Page Condition: Good — possible tanning. Markings: previous owner inscription and plates on prelims.
**The Story of Life is a sweeping, authoritative account of life on Earth, tracing the history of living organisms from the earliest primordial beginnings to the emergence of modern humanity.** H.E.L. Mellersh chronicles the long arc of biological evolution with clarity and ambition, presenting the reader with a grand narrative that moves from ancient seas teeming with primitive creatures through the age of great reptiles and on to the dawn of human civilisation. Drawing on the natural sciences, palaeontology, and anthropology, the work instructs the general reader in the mechanisms and milestones of life's remarkable journey, rendered vivid by Mellersh's accessible yet rigorous prose. A gifted popular science writer, Mellersh illustrates the interconnectedness of all living things with a storyteller's instinct and a scholar's precision, situating humanity's emergence within the vast sweep of geological and biological time. The book stands as a compelling synthesis of mid-twentieth-century scientific understanding, presenting complex evolutionary concepts with an enthusiasm and lucidity that continues to engage readers drawn to the grand questions of existence, origin, and survival.
Author: H.E.L. Mellersh
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, Hutchinson
Genre: Natural history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good — worn/faded, small tears; clipped. Page Condition: Good — possible tanning. Markings: previous owner inscription and plates on prelims.
**The Story of Life is a sweeping, authoritative account of life on Earth, tracing the history of living organisms from the earliest primordial beginnings to the emergence of modern humanity.** H.E.L. Mellersh chronicles the long arc of biological evolution with clarity and ambition, presenting the reader with a grand narrative that moves from ancient seas teeming with primitive creatures through the age of great reptiles and on to the dawn of human civilisation. Drawing on the natural sciences, palaeontology, and anthropology, the work instructs the general reader in the mechanisms and milestones of life's remarkable journey, rendered vivid by Mellersh's accessible yet rigorous prose. A gifted popular science writer, Mellersh illustrates the interconnectedness of all living things with a storyteller's instinct and a scholar's precision, situating humanity's emergence within the vast sweep of geological and biological time. The book stands as a compelling synthesis of mid-twentieth-century scientific understanding, presenting complex evolutionary concepts with an enthusiasm and lucidity that continues to engage readers drawn to the grand questions of existence, origin, and survival.