Microcosmos :
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1997]Description: 300 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780520210646; 0520210646Subject(s): Evolution (Biology) | Microorganisms -- EvolutionLOC classification: QH371 | .M28 1997Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Main Library Non-Fiction - General Stacks | 576.8 .M331 1986 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 32747 |
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Originally published: New York : Summit Books, c1986. With rev. pref.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.
Out of the cosmos -- The animation of matter -- The language of nature -- Entering the microcosm -- Sex and worldwide genetic exchange -- The oxygen holocaust -- New cells -- Living together -- The symbiotic brain -- The riddle of sex -- Late bloomers: animals and plants -- Egocentric man -- The future supercosm.
Chronicles the evolution of life on Earth, focusing on the microcosm researchers believe life began with.