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Title:
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Life's engines : how microbes made Earth habitable /
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Authors:
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Paul G. Falkowski, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : Princeton University Press, 2017
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Series:
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Science essentials
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-691-15537-1
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Size:
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x, 205 pages / illustrations / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QR13
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Subjects:
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Life (Biology)
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Microbial genetics
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Microbiology
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Microorganisms
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Description:
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Looks at how ancient microorganisms in primordial oceans transformed the chemistry of the planet over billions of years, eventually allowing the development of more complex forms of life, and how they continue to make life on earth possible. Paul Falkowski looks "under the hood" of microbes to find the engines of life, the actual working parts that do the biochemical heavy lifting for every living organism on Earth. With insight and humor, he explains how these miniature engines are built--and how they have been appropriated by and assembled like Lego sets within every creature that walks, swims, or flies. Falkowski shows how evolution works to maintain this core machinery of life, and how we and other animals are veritable conglomerations of microbes.
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