The Resource Death on earth : adventures in evolution and mortality, Jules Howard
Death on earth : adventures in evolution and mortality, Jules Howard
- Summary
- Explores the never-ending cycle of death and its impact on the living, including the latest scientific discoveries, characteristics of animals with longevity, and cultural taboos
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Part 1. This is a dead frog. Life and death in the universe
- Senescence and what waits for the lucky few
- Fear and loathing in Birchwood
- Free radicals and the secrets within
- This is a dead frog
- Part 2. The experimental pig phase. The circus under the tent
- Sex and death : the contract killer
- Coffee with the widow-maker
- Suicide, snowy owls and the executioner inside
- This is not a sheep
- The grotto salamander and the guano
- The horrid ground-weaver
- Dark matters
- Part 3. Journey to the end of the shitatite. Bring out your dead ants
- Mourning has broken
- Who wants to live forever?
- No, this is a dead frog
- Epilogue : the meaning of the loa loa
- Isbn
- 9781472915085
- Label
- Death on earth : adventures in evolution and mortality
- Title
- Death on earth
- Title remainder
- adventures in evolution and mortality
- Statement of responsibility
- Jules Howard
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Explores the never-ending cycle of death and its impact on the living, including the latest scientific discoveries, characteristics of animals with longevity, and cultural taboos
- Cataloging source
- IHE
- Dewey number
- 576.8
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
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- QH530
- QH366.2
- LC item number
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- .H68 2016
- .H688 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Bloomsbury Sigma series
- Series volume
- book twelve
- Label
- Death on earth : adventures in evolution and mortality, Jules Howard
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part 1. This is a dead frog. Life and death in the universe -- Senescence and what waits for the lucky few -- Fear and loathing in Birchwood -- Free radicals and the secrets within -- This is a dead frog -- Part 2. The experimental pig phase. The circus under the tent -- Sex and death : the contract killer -- Coffee with the widow-maker -- Suicide, snowy owls and the executioner inside -- This is not a sheep -- The grotto salamander and the guano -- The horrid ground-weaver -- Dark matters -- Part 3. Journey to the end of the shitatite. Bring out your dead ants -- Mourning has broken -- Who wants to live forever? -- No, this is a dead frog -- Epilogue : the meaning of the loa loa
- Control code
- ocn948498674
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- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
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- Extent
- 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781472915085
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)948498674
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