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The Serengeti rules : the quest to discover how life works and why it matters

Title
The Serengeti rules : the quest to discover how life works and why it matters / Sean B. Carroll.
Author
Carroll, Sean B.
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]

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Description
263 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Life (Biology)
  • Biological control systems
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Ecology
  • Biology > Research > Anecdotes
  • Biologists > Anecdotes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-252) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Miracles and wonder -- Everything is regulated -- The wisdom of the body -- The economy of nature -- The logic of life -- General rules of regulation -- Fat, feedback, and a miracle fungus -- Stuck accelerators and broken brakes -- The Serengeti rules -- Some animals are more equal than others -- Serengeti logic -- Another kind of cancer -- Take 60 million walleye and call us in ten years -- Resurrection -- Afterword : Rules to live by.
Call Number
JFE 16-10749
ISBN
  • 9780691167428
  • 0691167427
LCCN
2015038116
OCLC
2015038116
Author
Carroll, Sean B., author.
Title
The Serengeti rules : the quest to discover how life works and why it matters / Sean B. Carroll.
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-252) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-10749
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