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LaPlante, Matthew D.
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Animals -- Anecdotes.
Animals -- Miscellanea.
Plants -- Miscellanea.
Biology -- Social aspects.
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LaPlante, Matthew D.
Animals -- Anecdotes.
Animals -- Miscellanea.
Plants -- Miscellanea.
Biology -- Social aspects.
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Superlative
: the
biology
of
extremes
/ Matthew D. LaPlante.
by
LaPlante, Matthew D.
BenBella Books, Inc., 2019.
Call #:
591 L314s
Subjects
Animals -- Anecdotes.
Animals -- Miscellanea.
Plants -- Miscellanea.
Biology
-- Social aspects.
ISBN:
9781946885944 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Biology
of
extremes
Description:
x, 373 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Nature's best ambassadors -- All things great and tall: How the world's biggest life forms are saving human lives -- All the small things: Why little things have such a big impact on our world -- The old dominion : how our biological elders are offering us new knowledge -- Fast times : why the quickest animals probably aren't the ones you think -- Aural sects: How
superlative
sound helps drive life as we know it -- The tough get going : how the world's strongest organisms might lift us to the heavens -- Deadly serious : why the world's most efficient killers are such effective lifesavers -- Smarter all the time : why the most intelligent life-forms ain't us -- Conclusion: The next
superlative
discovery is yours.
Summary:
Journalist Matthew D. LaPlante presents a collection of nature's "outliers," or extraordinary animals and plants that could have the power to change our lives through research and scientific insights.
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