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Journalist Matthew D. LaPlante presents a collection of nature's "outliers," or extraordinary animals and plants that could have the power to change our lives through research and scientific insights.
Journalist Matthew D. LaPlante presents a collection of nature's "outliers," or extraordinary animals and plants that could have the power to change our lives through research and scientific insights.
Contents
Introduction
Nature's Best Ambassadors
Chapter I
All Things Great and Tall: How the World's Biggest Life-Forms Are Saving Human Lives
Chapter II
All the Small Things: Why Little Organisms Have Such a Big Impact on Our World
Chapter III
The Old Dominion: How Our Biological Elders are Offering Us New Knowledge
Chapter IV
Fast Times: Why the Quickest Animals Probably Aren't the Ones You Think
Chapter V
Aural Sects: How Superlative Sound Drives Life as We Know It
Chapter VI
The Tough Get Going: How the World's Strongest Organisms Might Lift Us to the Heavens
Chapter VII
Deadly Serious: Why the World's Most Efficient Killers Are Such Effective Lifesavers
Chapter VIII
Smarter All the Time: Why the Most Intelligent Life-Forms Ain't Us
Conclusion
The Next Superlative Discovery Is Yours
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Biologie |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781950665334 |
ISBN-10: | 195066533X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Laplante, Matthew D. |
Hersteller: | BenBella Books |
Maße: | 226 x 151 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | Matthew D. Laplante |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 21.04.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,428 kg |
Contents
Introduction
Nature's Best Ambassadors
Chapter I
All Things Great and Tall: How the World's Biggest Life-Forms Are Saving Human Lives
Chapter II
All the Small Things: Why Little Organisms Have Such a Big Impact on Our World
Chapter III
The Old Dominion: How Our Biological Elders are Offering Us New Knowledge
Chapter IV
Fast Times: Why the Quickest Animals Probably Aren't the Ones You Think
Chapter V
Aural Sects: How Superlative Sound Drives Life as We Know It
Chapter VI
The Tough Get Going: How the World's Strongest Organisms Might Lift Us to the Heavens
Chapter VII
Deadly Serious: Why the World's Most Efficient Killers Are Such Effective Lifesavers
Chapter VIII
Smarter All the Time: Why the Most Intelligent Life-Forms Ain't Us
Conclusion
The Next Superlative Discovery Is Yours
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Biologie |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781950665334 |
ISBN-10: | 195066533X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Laplante, Matthew D. |
Hersteller: | BenBella Books |
Maße: | 226 x 151 x 28 mm |
Von/Mit: | Matthew D. Laplante |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 21.04.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,428 kg |