Jules Howard

Death on Earth

Adventures in Evolution and Mortality

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Produktbeschreibung

Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Biology s 2016 General Biology Book Prize, Death on Earth is a groundbreaking exploration of death and its role in evolution."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Sigma / Bloomsbury Specialist
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9781472915092
• ISBN-10: 1472915097
• Artikelnr.: 45645150

Autorenporträt

Jules Howard

Inhaltsangabe

IntroductionPART 1: THIS IS A DEAD FROGChapter 1: Life and Death in the UniverseChapter 2: Senescence and What Waits for the Lucky FewChapter 3: Fear and Loathing in BirchwoodChapter 4: Free Radicals and the Secrets WithinChapter 5: This is a Dead FrogPART 2: THE EXPERIMENTAL PIG PHASEChapter 6: The Circus under the TentChapter 7: Sex and Death: The Contract KillerChapter 8: Coffee with the Widow-makerChapter 9: Suicide, Snowy Owls and the Executioner InsiderChapter 10: This is Not a SheepChapter 11: The Grotto Salamander and the GuanoChapter 12: The Horrid Ground-weaverChapter 13: Dark MattersPART 3: JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE SHITATITEChapter 14: Bring out your Dead AntsChapter 15: Mourning has BrokenChapter 16: Who Wants to Live Forever?Chapter 17: No, this is a Dead FrogEpilogue: The Meaning of the Loa LoaAcknowledgementsIndex

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An altogether eye-opening, engaging, and enjoyably humorous (but never distasteful) guided tour through the world of death. Science