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Every living thing : man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys / Rob R. Dunn ; preface by E.O. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunn, Rob.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Classification.
- Biology.
- Life sciences.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 272 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Collins, [2009]
- Summary:
- Traces the history of human discovery, from the establishment of classification in the eighteenth century to today's attempts to find life in space.
- Contents:
- Beginnings
- Fogging (the tree of life)
- Roots
- Other worlds.
- Notes:
- "Smithsonian Books."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780061430305
- 0061430307
- OCLC:
- 232977206
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