{"product_id":"unnatural-selection-hardcover","title":"Unnatural Selection - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatrina Van Grouw\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lavishly illustrated look at how evolution plays out in selective breeding\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnnatural Selection \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunningly illustrated book about selective breeding--the ongoing transformation of animals at the hand of man. More important, it's a book about selective breeding on a far, far grander scale--a scale that encompasses all life on Earth. We'd call it evolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA unique fusion of art, science, and history, this book is intended as a tribute to what Charles Darwin might have achieved had he possessed that elusive missing piece to the evolutionary puzzle--the knowledge of how individual traits are passed from one generation to the next. With the benefit of a century and a half of hindsight, Katrina van Grouw explains evolution by building on the analogy that Darwin himself used--comparing the selective breeding process with natural selection in the wild, and, like Darwin, featuring a multitude of fascinating examples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is more than just a book about pets and livestock, however. The revelation of \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Selection \u003c\/i\u003eis that identical traits can occur in \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003eanimals, wild and domesticated, and both are governed by the same evolutionary principles. As van Grouw shows, animals are plastic things, constantly changing. In wild animals, the changes are usually too slow to see--species appear to stay the same. When it comes to domesticated animals, however, change happens fast, making them the perfect model of evolution in action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing more than four hundred breathtaking illustrations of living animals, skeletons, and historical specimens, \u003ci\u003eUnnatural Selection \u003c\/i\u003ewill be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in natural history and the history of evolutionary thinking.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatrina van Grouw, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unfeathered Bird\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton), inhabits that no man's land midway between art and science. She holds degrees in fine art and natural history illustration and is a former curator of ornithological collections at a major national museum. She's a self-taught scientist with a passion for evolutionary biology and its history\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 12.05 x 10.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379658932473,"sku":"9780691254050","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RFVkaFpYWlE3OEZxOFhwN0hrWWFSdz09.webp?v=1770059338","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/unnatural-selection-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}