Amazing Numbers in Biology - Couverture souple

Flindt, Rainer

 
9783540301462: Amazing Numbers in Biology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3540301461 ISBN 13 : 9783540301462
Editeur : Springer, 2006

Synopsis

This book of tables provides comparative data from the fields of zoology, botany, microbiology, and human biology. It is a "must" for everyone interested in biology but also of help for all parents to address questions such as "Mama/Papa, how old can a . . . be" The plain facts of life from all areas of biology, including such topics as growth rates of hair and nails, and ages and weights of seeds are simply fascinating. Biology comes alive in this comprehensive and entertaining reference work. Warning: Anybody who begins browsing through this book will not easily stop reading!

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Revue de presse

"This quirky reference book is full of fascinating and obscure lists and facts from the natural world. ... This book will become ragged with use. ... A labour of love and listing, Amazing Numbers is better than googling, because it has a sensible index and you don´t have to wade through a whole load of irrelevance to get to what you want. It´s also logically divided ..., and, just in case you ever want to check, all the facts are referenced. A warning though this addictive book will keep you absorbing odd little facts: dimensions of a bread mould´s mitochondria anyone?" --BBC Wildlife

"... a giant squid's eyeball is nearly half a metre in diameter. You may also be unaware that the oldest crow reportedly lived to 118; ... that midges beat their wings more than 1000 times a second; ... and that the fruit of the tropical liana catapults its seeds 15 metres. We don't often recommend books consisting entirely of statistics, but this one has a treat on every page." --New Scientist

"Almost 300 pages of nothing than tables of biological data might not sound like an ideal bedtime read, and every person I have shown it to has initially exclaimed "What an incredibly boring book!" But 30 minutes later, every single one of them was still standing rooted to the spot, flicking the pages while I tried to prise it back off them. Want to know the inactivation temperature of Avian Flu virus? ... It´s all here. There are no frills at all no pictures, ... , no jokes, no clever anecdotes. It´s just table after table. This is obviously like crack cocaine to the trivia-minded, but it´s a genuinely useful reference tool as well. ... nicely backed up with two indices ..." --Luis Villazon, BBC Focus Magazin

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book of tables provides comparative data from the fields of zoology, botany, microbiology, and human biology. It is a "must" for everyone interested in biology but also of help for all parents to address questions such as "Mama/Papa, how old can a . . . be" The plain facts of life from all areas of biology, including such topics as growth rates of hair and nails, and ages and weights of seeds are simply fascinating. Biology comes alive in this comprehensive and entertaining reference work. Warning: Anybody who begins browsing through this book will not easily stop reading!

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3540301461
ISBN 13 
9783540301462
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Editeur : Springer, 2008
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