Metamorphosis: A Natural and Human History - Hardcover
by Oren Harman
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541607606ISBN-10:1541607600UPC:9781541607606Book Category:Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Natural History, Nature, HistorySize:9.30 x 6.00 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCC42NGZY4
Metamorphosis: A Natural and Human History
A search for the meaning of one of nature's greatest riddles: why do so many creatures transform? "How many creatures walking on this earth / Have their first being in another form?" the Roman poet Ovid asked two thousand years ago. He could not have known the full extent of the truth: today, biologists estimate a stunning three-quarters of all animal species on Earth undergo some form of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541607606ISBN-10:1541607600UPC:9781541607606Book Category:Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Natural History, Nature, HistorySize:9.30 x 6.00 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCC42NGZY4
Oren Harman is Senior Research Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and teaches at the Graduate Program in Science Technology and Society at Bar-Ilan University. His books include Evolutions and The Price of Altruism, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He lives in Berlin and Jerusalem.
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