Jules Howard

Death on Earth

Adventures in Evolution and Mortality

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Produktbeschreibung

Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Biology s 2016 General Biology Book Prize, Death on Earth is a groundbreaking exploration of death and its role in evolution."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Sigma / Bloomsbury Specialist
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9781472915092
• ISBN-10: 1472915097
• Artikelnr.: 45645150

Autorenporträt

Jules Howard is a zoologist, writer, blogger and broadcaster. He writes on a host of topics relating to zoology and wildlife conservation, writing regularly for BBC Wildlife Magazine and the Guardian, and on radio and TV including BBC Breakfast, Sunday Brunch, Springwatch and BBC 5 Live. Jules also runs a social enterprise that has brought 100,000 young people closer to the natural world. Death on Earth is his second book, following 2014's Sex on Earth. www.juleshoward.co.uk / @juleshoward

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction

PART 1: THIS IS A DEAD FROG
Chapter 1: Life and Death in the Universe
Chapter 2: Senescence and What Waits for the Lucky Few
Chapter 3: Fear and Loathing in Birchwood
Chapter 4: Free Radicals and the Secrets Within
Chapter 5: This is a Dead Frog

PART 2: THE EXPERIMENTAL PIG PHASE
Chapter 6: The Circus under the Tent
Chapter 7: Sex and Death: The Contract Killer
Chapter 8: Coffee with the Widow-maker
Chapter 9: Suicide, Snowy Owls and the Executioner Insider
Chapter 10: This is Not a Sheep
Chapter 11: The Grotto Salamander and the Guano
Chapter 12: The Horrid Ground-weaver
Chapter 13: Dark Matters

PART 3: JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE SHITATITE
Chapter 14: Bring out your Dead Ants
Chapter 15: Mourning has Broken
Chapter 16: Who Wants to Live Forever?
Chapter 17: No, this is a Dead Frog

Epilogue: The Meaning of the Loa Loa
Acknowledgements
Index

Rezensionen

An altogether eye-opening, engaging, and enjoyably humorous (but never distasteful) guided tour through the world of death. Science