Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shu...
Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shubin.
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Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
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G 2020/2266
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Five words -- Embryonic ideas -- Maestro in the genome -- Beautiful monsters -- Copycats -- Our inner battlefield -- Loaded dice -- Mergers and acquisitions.
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Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"The author of the best-selling Your Inner Fish, now gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life, that enable us to further understand whether our presence on this planet is an accident or inevitable. The great transformations in the history of life brought about whole scale shifts in how animals liv...
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Some assembly required : decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA / Neil Shubin.
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Decoding four billion years of life, from ancient fossils to DNA
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2020/2266
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74VKaPzxvbwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPzxvbwX
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ISBN
9781101871331 hardcover
1101871334 hardcover
DDC
576.83
MMS ID
991024312209502626