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The Serengeti rules : the quest to discover how life works and why it matters
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The Serengeti rules : the quest to discover how life works and why it matters / Sean B. Carroll.
ISBN
9780691167428
0691167427
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
263 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Summary
"How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In [this book] ... Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon"--Dust jacket flap.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 04, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Miracles and wonder
I. Everything is regulated. 1. The wisdom of the body ; 2. The economy of nature
II. The logic of life. 3. General rules of regulation ; 4. Fat, feedback, and a miracle fungus ; 5. Stuck accelerators and broken brakes
III. The Serengeti rules. 6. Some animals are more equal than others ; 7. Serengeti logic ; 8. Another kind of cancer ; 9. Take 60 million walleye and call us in 10 years ; 10. Resurrection
Afterword: Rules to live by.
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