Superlative : the biology of extremes
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BenBella Books, Inc.,
Dallas, TX :
c2019.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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About
Details
- ISBN: 9781946885944
- Physical Description: x, 373 pages.print
- Publisher: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., c2019.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: 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.