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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alexandre Meinesz |
| ISBN: | 9780226519319 0226519317 |
| OCLC Number: | 167517300 |
| Notes: | Translated from the French. |
| Description: | viii, 282 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Henri's cave -- On the origin of life on earth -- Papa, what's a bacterium? -- The vampire slug of the killer alga -- Vermeer and van Leeuwenhoek -- The densimeter -- The Lego game -- Candide, Jurassic Park, and Noah -- The end of the evolutionary string. |
| Responsibility: | Alexandre Meinesz ; translated by Daniel Simberloff. |
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Abstract:
Elucidates three origins, or geneses, of life - bacteria, cells, and multicellular organisms - and shows how evolution has sculpted life to its biodiversity through four main events: mutation, recombination, natural selection, and geologic cataclysm. This book emphasizes the role of unions in organizing life.
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"Meinesz offers a wonderful tale of how one scientist's tenacity and enthusiasm may bring to light not only the degradation of natural systems but also weaknesses in our approach to science.... Meinesz's elegant and courageous story resembles an epic feat rather than just a narrative. It shows how science survived because of the author's enthusiasm and love, for his work and the biota he studies." - Joseph-Maria Gill, Science" Read more...
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