Tales from the underground : a natural history of subterranean life / David W. Wolfe.
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- Author/Creator:
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus, [2001]
- Summary:
- There are over one billion organisms in a pinch of soil, yet we know much more about deep space than about the universe below. In "Tales from the Underground", Cornell ecologist David Wolfe takes readers on a tour through current scientific knowledge of the subterranean world. Illustrations.
- Contents:
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- Part I Ancient Life
- 1 Origins 17
- 2 The Habitable Zone 35
- 3 Shaking the Tree of Life 53
- Part II Life Support for Planet Earth
- 4 Out of Thin Air 75
- 5 Nexus of the Underground 93
- 6 When the Humble Explain the Great 107
- 7 Germ Warfare 123
- Part III The Human Factor
- 8 Endangered Diggers of the Deep 143
- 9 The Good Earth 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0738201286
- OCLC:
- 46984480
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