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The nature of life : readings in biology / selected and edited by Nancy Carr [and 5 others] ; foreword by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan.
LIBRA - Rare QH311 .N33 2001 Adams copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (former owner) (Adams copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 291 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, IL : Published by the Great Books Foundation, 2001.
- Contents:
- from Parts of animals / Aristotle
- from The way things are / Lucretius
- from Novum organum / Francis Bacon
- Conclusion to On the origin of species / Charles Darwin
- Struggle for existence / Charles Darwin
- from The descent of man / Charles Darwin
- Natural selection / Charles Darwin
- from Experiments in plant hybridization / Gregor Mendel
- from An introduction to the study of experimental medicine / Claude Bernard
- The snout / Loren Eiseley
- from Silent spring / Rachel Carson
- Ecce homo! / Konrad Lorenz
- Rats / Konrad Lorenz
- from The double helix / James D. Watson
- from The selfish gene / Richard Dawkins
- Why big fierce animals are rare / Paul Colinvaux
- Just in the middle / Stephen Jay Gould
- from The diversity of life / Edward O. Wilson
- Life from scum / Lynn Margulis.
- Notes:
- "Published ... with support from the College of the Humanities and Sciences."--title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018
- Kislak Center Adams copy has shipping invoice laid in.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Nature of life.
- ISBN:
- 1880323869
- 9781880323861
- OCLC:
- 46935819
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