Research Catalog

Title

Death on earth : adventures in evolution and mortality / Jules Howard.

Author

Howard, Jules

Publication

• London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

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

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Bloomsbury Sigma series ; book twelve

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 12.

Subjects

• Natural selection
• SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution
• Evolution (Biology)
• Human evolution
• Mortality
• Death (Biology)
• SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Introduction -- 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.

Call Number

JSD 17-2

ISBN

• 9781472915078
• 1472915070
• 9781472915085
• 1472915089

OCLC

948498674

Author

Howard, Jules, author.

Title

Death on earth : adventures in evolution and mortality / Jules Howard.

Publisher

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bloomsbury Sigma series ; book twelve

Bloomsbury sigma series ; bk. 12.

Research Call Number

JSD 17-2