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Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Rob Dunn

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"If you have any interest in life beyond your own, you should read this book." --Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Dominant Animal

Biologist Rob Dunn's Every Little Thing is the story of man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys. In the tradition of E.O. Wilson, this engaging and fascinating work of popular science follows humanity's unending quest to discover every living thing in our natural world--from the unimaginably small in the most inhospitable of places on earth to the unimaginably far away in the unexplored canals on Mars.

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Biologists and laypeople alike have repeatedly claimed victory over life. A thousand years ago we thought we knew almost everything, a hundred years ago, too. But even today, Rob Dunn argues, discoveries we can't yet imagine still await us. More is unknown than known, whether about our bodies or the bottom of the sea.

In a series of vivid portraits of scientists as interesting as the mysteries they chase, Dunn introduces the reader to breakthroughs that have changed the world and others that might still. With poetry and humor, Dunn reminds readers how tough and exhilarating it is to study the natural world, and why it matters.

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  • Title Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys
  • Author Rob Dunn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial
  • Publication date 2010-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780061430312 / 0061430315
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Science - History, Biology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 578.012
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