Books

Books : reviews

Marc W. Kirschner.
The Plausibility of Life: resolving Darwin's dilemma.
Yale University Press. 2005

Offering daring new ideas about evolution, two highly respected biologists here tackle the central, unresolved question in the field—how have living organisms on Earth developed with such astounding variety and complexity? Marc Kirschner and John Gerhart draw on cutting-edge biological and biomedical research to provide an original solution to this longstanding puzzle.