The Best American Science and Nature Writing (2000), Quammen, David, Bilger, Burkhard

Автор: David Quammen and Burkhard Bilger, eds.
Название: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000
ISBN: 0618082948 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780618082940
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Автор: Edward O Wilson, Burkhard Bilger and Edward O. Wil
Название: The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2001
ISBN: 0618153594 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780618153596
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
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Описание: Edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, scientist and naturalist Edward O. Wilson, this second annual anthology promises to be another "eclectic, provocative collection" ("Entertainment Weekly") that is both a science reader's dream and a nature lover's sustenance.

Автор: Quammen David
Название: Spillover
ISBN: 0099522853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099522850
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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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: Tangled tree
ISBN: 0008310688 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008310684
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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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
Название: Kiwi`s egg
ISBN: 0753823500 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780753823507
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: Set to become the standard text on Darwin and natural selection

Автор: Quammen David
Название: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
ISBN: 1476776628 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476776620
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
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Описание: Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction

Nonpareil 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 David
Название: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
ISBN: 1476776636 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476776637
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
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Описание: In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, ';our greatest living chronicler of the natural world' (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology affect our understanding of evolution and life's history.

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 fieldthe study of life's diversity and relatedness at the molecular levelis horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines.

It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important; we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived sideways by viral infectiona type of HGT.

In The Tangled Tree, ';the grandest tale in biology.David Quammen presents the scienceand the scientists involvedwith patience, candor, and flair' (Nature). We learn about the major players, 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.

';David Quammen proves to be an immensely well-informed guide to a complex story' (The Wall Street Journal). In The Tangled Tree, he explains how molecular studies of evolution have brought startling recognitions about the tangled tree of lifeincluding where we humans fit upon it.

Thanks to new technologies, we now have the ability to alter even our genetic compositionthrough sideways insertions, as nature has long been doing. ';The Tangled Tree is a source of wonder.Quammen has written a deep and daring intellectual adventure' (The Boston Globe).

Автор: Quammen Lawrence
Название: Evergreen
ISBN: 1480847844 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480847842
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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.