A synthetic description of the physical factors that act as drivers of evolution and organismal diversity. The editors of this exciting book have invited top re... » 

A synthetic description of the physical factors that act as drivers of evolution and organismal diversity. The editors of this exciting book have invited top researchers to assess key events in evolution, from the origin of life to human evolution and the potential for life to evolve elsewhere and view these events in the light of the influence of the physical environment. «