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Taylor, Marianne, 1972-
Subjects
Life -- Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
Natural history.
Species.
Biodiversity.
Biology -- Classification.
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Taylor, Marianne, 1972-
Life -- Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
Natural history.
Species.
Biodiversity.
Biology -- Classification.
MARC Display
The
story
of
life
in 10
1
/2
species
/ Marianne Taylor.
by
Taylor, Marianne, 1972-
The MIT Press, 2020.
Call #:
578.012 T244s
Subjects
Life
-- Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
Natural history.
Species
.
Biodiversity.
Biology -- Classification.
ISBN:
9780262044486 (hc)
Alternate title:
Story
of
life
in
ten
and a half
species
Story
of
life
in 10.5
species
Story
of
life
in
ten
and one half
species
Story
of
life
in
ten
1
/2
species
Story
of
life
in 10 and a half
species
Story
of
life
in 10 and one half
species
Description:
256 p. : ill. (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
First published in 2020 by UniPress Books Ltd.
"If an alien visitor were to collect
ten
souvenir
life
forms to represent
life
on Earth, which would they be?"--Cover.
Summary:
If an alien visitor were to collect
ten
souvenir
life
forms to represent
life
on earth, which would they be? This is the thought-provoking premise of Marianne Taylor's The
Story
of
Life
in 10 and a Half
Species
. Each
life
forms explains a key aspect about
life
on Earth. From the sponge that seems to be a plant but is really an animal to the almost extinct soft-shelled turtle deemed extremely unique and therefore extremely precious, these examples reveal how
life
itself is arranged across time and space, and how humanity increasingly dominates that vision. Taylor, a prolific science writer, considers the chemistry of a green plant and ponders the possibility of
life
beyond our world; investigates the virus in an attempt to determine what a
life
form is; and wonders if the human -- 'a distinct and very dominant
species
with an inevitably biased view of
life
' -- could evolve in a new direction. She tells us that the giraffe was one
species
, but is now four; that the dusky seaside sparrow may be revived through 're-evolution,' or cloning; explains the significance of Darwin's finch to evolution; and much more. The 'half'
species
is artificial intelligence. Itself an experiment to understand and model
life
, AI is central to our future--although from the alien visitor's standpoint, unlikely to inherit the earth in the long run.
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