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Air-Borne
The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2026
144 kr
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‘An extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we take’ – James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath‘Another brilliant work from one of the very best science writers, Air-Borne will leave you agog at the incredible world that floats unseen around us’ – Ed Yong, …
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Story of Heredity, Its Past, Present and Future
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2019
160 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONShe Has Her Mother’s Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed …
Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature'sMost Dangerous Creatures
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2002
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
243 kr
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For decades parasites were the pariahs of science. Only recently have biologists begun to appreciate that these diverse and complex organisms are the most highly evolved life forms on earth. In this work, Carl Zimmer takes the reader on a tour of the strange and bizzare world that parasites …
She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2019
268 kr
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2018
229 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONShe Has Her Mother’s Laugh presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Charles Darwin played a crucial part in turning heredity into a scientific question, and yet he failed …
Tangled Bank
An Introduction to Evolution
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2013
581 kr
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Used widely in non-majors biology classes, The Tangled Bank is the first textbook about evolution intended for the general reader. Zimmer, an award-winning science writer, takes readers on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about evolution. In the Canadian Arctic, paleontologists …
Evolution
The Triumph of an Idea
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2010
114 kr
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"This brilliant book is a virtual Voyage of the Beagle! Carl Zimmer shows, with the benefit of a hundred and fifty years of hindsight, how right Darwin was." —Steve Jones, author of Darwin''s GhostDarwin''s The Origin of Species was breathtaking—beautifully written, staunchly defended, defiantly …
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
E-bok, 2023
161 kr
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Award-winningwriter, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022.A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2022, selected by guest editor Carl Zimmer and series editor Jaime …
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Ljudbok, 2023
233 kr
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Award-winningwriter, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. “What''s most compelling about a scientific story is the way itchallenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted,†…
Planet of Viruses
Third Edition
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2021
166 kr
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In 2020, an invisible germ—a virus—wholly upended our lives. We’re most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or Covid-19. But viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a …
Life's Edge
The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2022
191 kr
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FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD***A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021***A SCIENCE NEWS FAVORITE BOOK OF 2021***A SMITHSONIAN TOP TEN SCIENCE BOOK OF 2021 “Stories that both dazzle and edify… This book is not just about life, but about discovery itself.” —Siddhartha …
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
Av Carl Zimmer
Inbunden, 2025
365 kr
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At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs...
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 1999
243 kr
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How did we ever get ashore? How did we make legs, arms and our extremely complex intelligence? Evolution is one of the most hotly debated areas of popular science. With this book, the author presents an accessible account of one of evolution's great mysteries - how microbes turned into humans.
Parasite Rex
Inside the Bizarre World of Nature''s Most Dangerous Creatures
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2000
186 kr
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Combining the literary sensibility of David Quammen with the scientific rigor of Stephen Jay Gould, Carl Zimmer reveals the power, danger, and beauty of the surprising creatures who dominate the earth: parasites. For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and the darkest …
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain and How It Changed the World
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2005
325 kr
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In this unprecedented history of a scientific revolution, award-winning author and journalist Carl Zimmer tells the definitive story of the dawn of the age of the brain and modern consciousness. Told here for the first time, the dramatic tale of how the secrets of the brain were discovered in …
Air-Borne
The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
Av Carl Zimmer
Inbunden, 2025
270 kr
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"An extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we take" – James Nestor, bestselling author of Breath"Another brilliant work from one of the very best science writers, Air-Borne will leave you agog at the incredible world that floats unseen around us" – Ed Yong, bestselling …
Air-Borne
The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2025
186 kr
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"An extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we take" James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath"Another brilliant work from one of the very best science writers, Air-Borne will leave you agog at the incredible world that floats unseen around us" Ed Yong, New …
Descent of Man
The Concise Edition
Av Charles Darwin, Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2007
125 kr
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Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin''s The Descent of Man was the culmination of his life''s work. In The Origin of Species , Charles Darwin refused to discuss human evolution, believing the subject too ''surrounded with prejudices''. …
She Has Her Mother's Laugh
The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2018
33 kr
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Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overview of a force that shaped human society--a force set to shape our future even more radically. She Has Her Mother''s Laugh presents …
Tangled Bank
An Introduction to Evolution
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2021
693 kr
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Used widely in non-majors biology classes, this is the first textbook about evolution intended for the general reader. Zimmer, an award-winning science writer, takes readers on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about evolution. In the Canadian Arctic, paleontologists unearth fossils …
Microcosm
E-coli and The New Science of Life
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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In 1946, a twenty-year-old medical school student called Joshua Lederberg decided to find out whether microbes make love. Lederberg was motivated not by a displaced libido, but by scientific ambition. At the age of seven, he had declared that he hoped to become 'like Einstein' and to 'discover a …
At the Water's Edge
Fish with Fingers, Whales with Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2014
186 kr
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Everybody Out of the Pond At the Water''s Edge will change the way you think about your place in the world. The awesome journey of life''s transformation from the first microbes 4 billion years ago to Homo sapiens today is an epic that we are only now beginning to grasp. Magnificent and bizarre, it …
Soul Made Flesh
The Discovery of the Brain--and How it Changed the World
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2014
213 kr
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In this unprecedented history of a scientific revolution, award-winning author and journalist Carl Zimmer tells the definitive story of the dawn of the age of the brain and modern consciousness. Told here for the first time, the dramatic tale of how the secrets of the brain were discovered in …
Life's Edge
The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
Av Carl Zimmer
Häftad, 2022
113 kr
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'Profound, lyrical, and fascinating, Life’s Edge will give you a newfound appreciation for life itself. It is the work of a master science writer at the height of his skills.' – Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldWe all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living …
Life's Edge
The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
Av Carl Zimmer
E-bok, 2021
153 kr
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'Profound, lyrical, and fascinating, Life’s Edge will give you a newfound appreciation for life itself. It is the work of a master science writer at the height of his skills.' – Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldWe all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living …
