Geerat Vermeij's latest book explores a new approach to thinking about the evolution of life through the accumulation of 'power,' defined as the ability of organisms to take up or expend energy. (UC ...

Geerat Vermeij's latest book explores a new approach to thinking about the evolution of life through the accumulation of 'power,' defined as the ability of organisms to take up or expend energy. (UC ...

Combining superb writing with first rate science, Vermeij, a UC-Davis geologist and MacArthur fellow, explores the intricacies of evolution in a way that "show[s] how understanding its mechanisms and ...

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“The history of life on Earth can be meaningfully and informatively interpreted as a history of power,” according to this thought-provoking study. Vermeij (A Natural History of Shells), an Earth and ...

California professor Gary Vermeij thinks he's found clues to the power of nations and multinational corporations — by studying seashells. During his 35-year career, this biologist has overcome ...

1997 C1997 Type Biography Physical description xi, 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm Place United States Smithsonian Libraries Topic Biologists Blind biologists--Biography Record ID ...

An Ecological History of Life. Geerat J. Vermeij. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1987. 504 pp. $47.50. In an era in which the basic assumptions of evolutionary theory are being re-examined ...

Last night I had dinner with Geerat Vermeij--a man who can examine a shell and understand its history whether hundreds of millions of years old or newly collected on the seashore. He's one of the ...

The evolutionary way of knowing -- Deciphering nature's codebook -- On imperfection -- Taming unpredictability -- The evolution of order -- The complexity of life and the origin of meaning -- The ...