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The tangled tree : a radical new history of life Cover Image Book Book

The tangled tree : a radical new history of life

Quammen, David 1948- (author.).

Summary: "Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature." -- Publisher annotation.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781476776620
  • ISBN: 1476776628
  • Physical Description: print
    xvi, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2018]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-439) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Three surprises: an introduction -- Darwin's little sketch -- A separate form of life -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Big tree -- Infective reality -- Topiary -- E pluribus unum.

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Subject: Phylogeny -- Molecular aspects
Evolution (Biology) -- History

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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