David Attenborough's First Life: A Journey Back in Time With Matt Kaplan - Hardcover

Attenborough, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007365241 ISBN 13: 9780007365241

Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

The epic story of the beginning of life on Earth from the much loved and respected naturalist, writer and broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough.Spanning billions of years, First Life reveals the extraordinary story of the evolution of the first life on Earth and how it then evolved into multicellular life, the first plant, the first animal, the first predator, the first to live on land: key moments in the development of the huge diversity of life that has lived on planet Earth. First Life travels the world, from Canada to Australia, Morocco to Scotland, to unearth the secrets hidden in prehistoric fossils and meet the palaeontologists who have harnessed new techniques to enhance greatly our understanding of the origins of life.With an introduction by David Attenborough, and insights captured during the making of the television series, this book is a journey of discovery, showing us what these early animals would have looked like and how they would have lived, bringing them to life with the help of modern computer technology. First Life shows us how evolutionary features of the first creatures have been passed down to modern animals, including humans, giving us amazing insight into the remarkable evolutionary journey that has brought us here today.

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About the Author:

David Attenborough is one of the world’s leading naturalists and broadcasters. His distinguished career spans more than fifty years, and his multi-award winning films and series have been broadcast around the world. He joined the BBC in 1952, launching his famous Zoo Quest series before rising to become controller of BBC2 and director of programs for BBC Television. He returned to program making in the 1970s and among his many acclaimed series are Life on Earth, The Blue Planet, and Planet Earth. First Life completes the series of programs he has made over thirty years about animal evolution by taking us back to the beginning of life.

Review:

On Sir David Attenborough:`Brilliant'Guardian`A worthy inheritor of Alistair Cooke'Telegraph`The nation's favourite wildlife broadcaster'The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0007365241
• ISBN 13: 9780007365241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288