Life at the Extremes
- ISBN-10
- 0006551254
- ISBN-13
- 9780006551256
- Series
- Life at the Extremes
- Category
- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Pages
- 326
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Author
- Frances M. Ashcroft
Description
The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival.
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- 2018-06-01
- 32 pages
- Ebook
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- 2002-03-18
- 347 pages
- Paperback
- Univ of California Press
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