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Life at the edge : readings from Scientific American magazine James L Gould; Carol Grant Gould

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Freeman, ©1989.Description: ix, 162 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0716720116
  • 9780716720119
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570.1 GOU
Contents:
The first life. The evolution of the earliest cells / J. William Schopf -- The emergence of animals / Mark A.S. McMenamin -- Challenges in the sea. Symbiosis in the deep sea / James J. Childress, Horst Felbeck and George N. Somero -- Antarctic fishes / Joseph T. Eastman and Arthur L. DeVries -- Intertidal fishes / Michael H. Horn and Robin N. Gibson -- Beating the odds. Thermoregulation in winter moths / Bernd Heinrich -- The physiology of the koala / Robert Degabriele -- Carnivorous plants / Yolande Heslop-Harrison -- The perils of parasitism. Communication between ants and their guests / Bert Hölldobler -- Slavery in ants / Edward O. Wilson -- How the trypanosome changes its coat / John E. Donelson and Mervyn J. Turner -- Viroids / T.O. Diener.
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General Books CUTN Central Library Sciences Non-fiction 570.1 GOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Gifted / Donated Books 29283

The first life. The evolution of the earliest cells / J. William Schopf --
The emergence of animals / Mark A.S. McMenamin --
Challenges in the sea. Symbiosis in the deep sea / James J. Childress, Horst Felbeck and George N. Somero --
Antarctic fishes / Joseph T. Eastman and Arthur L. DeVries --
Intertidal fishes / Michael H. Horn and Robin N. Gibson --
Beating the odds. Thermoregulation in winter moths / Bernd Heinrich --
The physiology of the koala / Robert Degabriele --
Carnivorous plants / Yolande Heslop-Harrison --
The perils of parasitism. Communication between ants and their guests / Bert Hölldobler --
Slavery in ants / Edward O. Wilson --
How the trypanosome changes its coat / John E. Donelson and Mervyn J. Turner --
Viroids / T.O. Diener.

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