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New. 0465054382. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED--336 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. --TABLE OF CONTENTS: List of Illustrations * Preface * 1 Evolution's Big Bang * 2 The Virtual Life of Fossils * 3 The Infusion of Light * 4 When Darkness Descends * 5 Light, Time and Evolution * 6 Colour in the Cambrian? * 7 The Making of a Sense * 8 The Killer Instinct * 9 The Solution * 10 End of Story? * Index. --DESCRIPTION: An accomplished young scientist solves one of the greatest mysteries of evolution: What caused the dramatic explosion of life half a billion years ago? About 550 million years ago, there was literally an explosion of life forms, as all the major animal groups suddenly and dramatically appeared. Although several books have been written about this surprising event, known as the Cambrian explosion, none has explained why it occurred. Indeed, none was able to. Here, for the first time, Oxford zoologist Andrew Parker reveals his theory of this great flourishing of life. Parker's controversial but increasingly accepted "Light Switch Theory" holds that it was the development of vision in primitive animals that caused the explosion. Drawing on evidence not just from biology, but also from geology, physics, chemistry, history, and art, In the Blink of an Eye is the fascinating account of a young scientist's intellectual journey, and a celebration of the scientific method. --with a bonus offer--
