ATLAS OF LIFE
(L’Atlante della Vita)

RIGHTS AVAILABLE, October 2000

Technical features
2 Volumes
Format 24 x 32 cm
Pages 850
Illustrations 1,000 (color)

The publication

With a range of somptuous illustrations and featuring contributions from an international line-up of experts, the work offers a comprehensive history of life on our planet, from its origins to the present day. The arrangement is essentially retrospective and evolutionary, beginning from the first microorganisms born four billion years ago, and continuing through the biological and behavioral development of vegetable and animal species to include their interaction and relations with their environment. The first volume specifical ly covers evolution, and the second strategies and interaction among the different species with up to the minute field studies. While the language is clear and straightforward, the contents boast highly innovative and original features. Texts and illustrations, along with charts, are fully integrated to ensure maximum clarity.

The Author

Coordinators of the enterprise are Silvano Scannerini, Professor of Botany at the University of Turin, microbiology specialist and pioneer in studies carried out in cell biol ogy on the mutualistic symbiosis of vegetables; Giorgio Malacarne, Professor of Zoology and Etiology at the Alessandria campus of the University of East Piedmont, and spe cialist in animal behavioral studies; and Maria Luisa Bozzi, lecturer in Natural Science and specialist in making the subject more available to both adults and children. Among the authors of the various chapters, all well-known authorities, there is Mark Ridley, professor of Anthropology and Biology at the University of Emory, Atlanta (USA) and now teaching of Animal Evolution and Behavior in the Zoology Department of Oxford University (GB).