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Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things
- Title
- Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things / M.R. O'Connor.
- Author
- O'Connor, M. R., 1982-
- Publication
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- 266 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "A tour of current advances in biology and ethics demonstrates how humans are increasingly in control of evolution, exploring how as the scientific community endeavors to save near-extinct species, the creatures being saved become less wild and more dependent, "--Novelist.
- Alternative Title
- Conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- An ark of toads : Nectophrynoides asperginis -- Tracking chimeras in the Fakahatchee Strand : Puma concolor coryi -- Exuberant evolution in a desert fish : Cyprinodon tularosa -- Mysteries of the whale called 1334 : Eubalaena glacialis -- Freezing crows: Corvus hawaiiensis -- Metaphysical rhinos : Ceratotherium simum cottoni -- Regenesis of the passenger pigeon : Neo-Ectopistes migratorius -- Nice to meet you, Neanderthal: Homo neanderthalensis -- Coda. Ultima Thule : ends of the earth.
- Call Number
- JSE 16-235
- ISBN
- 9781137279293
- 113727929X
- 9781466879324 (canceled/invalid)
- 1466879324 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015004485
- OCLC
- 913889797
- Author
- O'Connor, M. R., 1982- author.
- Title
- Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things / M.R. O'Connor.
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 16-235JFE 17-6029