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Trees of life : a visual history of evolution / Theodore W. Pietsch.

by Pietsch, Theodore W., author.

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Baltimore, Maryland Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

Evolution (Biology) -- History.

Evolution (Biology) -- Charts, diagrams, etc. -- History.

Tree of life -- History.

Naturalists -- Biography.

Biologists -- Biography.

9781421411859 (pbk.)

1421411857 (pbk.)

xi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Johns Hopkins paperback edition.

Brackets and tables, circles and maps, 1554-1872 -- Early botanical networks and trees, 1766-1815 -- The first evolutionary tree, 1786-1820 -- Diverse and unusual trees of the early nineteenth century, 1817-1834 -- The rule of five, 1819-1854 -- Pre-Darwinian branching diagrams, 1828-1858 -- Evolution and the trees of Chales Darwin, 1837-1868 -- The trees of Ernst Haeckel, 1866-1905 -- Post-Darwinian nonconformists, 1868-1896 -- Most late nineteenth-century trees, 1874-1897 -- Trees of the early twentieth century, 1901-1930 -- The trees of Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1933-1966 -- Additional trees of the mid-twentieth century, 1931-1943 -- The trees of William King Gregory, 1938-1951 -- Hints of new approaches, 1954-1969 -- Phenograms and cladograms, 1958-1966 -- Early molecular trees, 1962-1987 -- Notable trees of the past four decades, 1970-2010 -- Primeval branches and universal trees of life, 1997-2010.

For the past 450 years, tree-like branching diagrams have been created to show the complex and surprising interrelationships of organisms, both living and fossil, from viruses and bacteria to birds and mammals. This book celebrates the manifest beauty, intrinsic interest, and human ingenuity of these exquisite trees of life.

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