Death on earth : adventures in evolution and mortality

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Author:

Howard, Jules, author.

Publication Date:

2016

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.

Physical Description:

288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9781472915078

Abstract:

Explores the never-ending cycle of death and its impact on the living, including the latest scientific discoveries, characteristics of animals with longevity, and cultural taboos.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Part 1. This is a dead frog. Life and death in the universe ; Senescence and what waits for the lucky few ; Fear and loathing in Birchwood ; Free radicals and the secrets within ; This is a dead frog -- Part 2. The experimental pig phase. The circus under the tent ; Sex and death : the contract killer ; Coffee with the widow-maker ; Suicide, snowy owls and the executioner inside ; This is not a sheep ; The grotto salamander and the guano ; The horrid ground-weaver ; Dark matters -- Part 3. Journey to the end of the shitatite. Bring out your dead ants ; Mourning has broken ; Who wants to live forever? ; No, this is a dead frog -- Epilogue: The meaning of the loa loa.

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Language:

English

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