The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, Quammen David
Автор: Quammen David Название: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life ISBN: 1476776628 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476776620 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 3449.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Longlisted for the National Book Award for NonfictionNonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature. In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field--the study of life's diversity and relatedness at the molecular level--is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important. For instance, we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived not through traditional inheritance from directly ancestral forms, but sideways by viral infection--a type of HGT. In The Tangled Tree David Quammen, "one of that rare breed of science journalists who blends exploration with a talent for synthesis and storytelling" (Nature), chronicles these discoveries through the lives of the researchers who made them--such as Carl Woese, the most important little-known biologist of the twentieth century; Lynn Margulis, the notorious maverick whose wild ideas about "mosaic" creatures proved to be true; and Tsutomu Wantanabe, who discovered that the scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a direct result of horizontal gene transfer, bringing the deep study of genome histories to bear on a global crisis in public health. "Quammen is no ordinary writer. He is simply astonishing, one of that rare class of writer gifted with verve, ingenuity, humor, guts, and great heart" (Elle). Now, in The Tangled Tree, he explains how molecular studies of evolution have brought startling recognitions about the tangled tree of life--including where we humans fit upon it. Thanks to new technologies such as CRISPR, we now have the ability to alter even our genetic composition--through sideways insertions, as nature has long been doing. The Tangled Tree is a brilliant guide to our transformed understanding of evolution, of life's history, and of our own human nature.
Автор: Quammen Lawrence Название: Evergreen ISBN: 1480847844 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480847842 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3993.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Evergreen is a lively story of 3 sisters, the daughters of Mama and Papa Hopkins, a family of mice. The Hopkins family lives in an old sawdust pile located behind the Hillendale Sawmill and Lumber Company in the small town of Evergreen, Georgia. Evergreen is a little south of north Georgia and a little west of east Georgia. This story follows Pouxie, Mouxie and Chrissie from birth to their early teenage years, times of excitement and adventure. Evergreen is about the magic of childhood, family, love, trust and friendship. The sisters are accompanied in their adventures by a host of great characters and are depicted in a series of excellent illustrations. The principal characters, Pouxie, Mouxie and Chrissie were created by the authors father in the mid - 1950's for a series of stories for his children. Evergreen is the first book of a trilogy named The Adventures of Pouxie, Mouxie and Chrissie.
Автор: Quammen, David Название: Tangled tree ISBN: 0008310688 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008310684 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2640.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Recent discoveries in molecular biology have changed our understanding of life`s history, with powerful implications for human genetics, human health - and our own human nature.
Автор: Quammen, David, Bilger, Burkhard Название: The Best American Science and Nature Writing (2000) ISBN: 0618082956 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780618082957 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2794.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: With The Best American Science and Nature Writing, Houghton Mifflin expands its stellar Best American series with a volume that honors our long and distinguished history of publishing the best writers in these fields. David Quammen, together with series editor Burkhard Bilger, has assembled a remarkable group of writers whose selections appeared in periodicals from NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, SCIENCE, and THE NEW YORKER to PUERTO DEL SOL and DOUBLETAKE. Among the acclaimed writers represented in this volume are Richard Preston on "The Demon in the Freezer," John McPhee bidding "Farewell to the Nineteeth Century," Oliver Sacks remembering the "Brilliant Light" of his boyhood, and Wendell Berry going "Back to the Land." Also including such literary lights as Anne Fadiman, David Guterson, Edward Hoagland, Natalie Angier, and Peter Matthiessen, this new collection presents selections bound together by their timelessness.
Автор: Quammen David Название: Spillover ISBN: 0099522853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099522850 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1715.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: First, a horse in Brisbane falls ill: fever, swelling, bloody froth. Then thirteen others drop dead. The foreman at the stables becomes ill and the trainer dies. This title tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth.
Автор: Quammen, David Название: Kiwi`s egg ISBN: 0753823500 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780753823507 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 1365.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Set to become the standard text on Darwin and natural selection
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