Life on the Edge: : Amazing Creatures Thriving in Extreme Environments
by Gross, Michael
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- Condition
- Book VG+: mild shelf wear else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG: mild edge wear, NOT clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0306457865
- ISBN 13
- 9780306457869
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 1999. hardcover. Book VG+: mild shelf wear else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG: mild edge wear, NOT clipped. 8vo 200pp. fourth printing. from front flap: "Life on the Edge offers a completely new and revealing perspective on the phenomenon of life. It describes life on Earth--not by the rules, but by the exceptions ot them. Which degrees of high or low temperature, pressure, or salt concentration can be tolerated by living cells? Can life exist in the antarctic ice, in the deep subsurface, in dilute sulfuric acid, in hot springs, or even on Mars? Scientists have obtained surprising answers to these questions in recent years.[. . .] This book describes the most hostile habitats of our environment describes the most hostile habitats of our environment and their most hardened inhabitants. The survival strategies which these so-called extremophiles have developed are analyzed in a way accessible to the lay reader but still in touch with the latest research news, including for instance, research on heat-shock proteins and genome sequencing." #02406.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2341
- Title
- Life on the Edge
- Author
- Gross, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: mild shelf wear else clean, square, tight, unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: mild edge wear, NOT clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0306457865
- ISBN 13
- 9780306457869
- Publisher
- Perseus Books
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- animals, nature, science, nonfiction
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Matthew's Books LLC
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