Ben-Barak, Idan
Summary: "What is life? How did it start? Long, long ago, no one knows exactly where or when, a tiny bubble formed that was a Little Bit Different. It was the first living cell. Everyone's ancestor. And so the story of life begins."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.8 BENParker, Steve
Summary: A Brief Illustrated History of Life on Earth' charts the evolution of living species all the way from 2.5 billion years ago, through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and right through to today. With stunning full-color images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576 PARSummary: Travel back in time, from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools, with a pioneering group of scientists who make surprising discoveries that transform human understanding of nature and ecology.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SERMidthun, Joseph
Summary: "A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the cells, tissues, and organs of the human body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.6 MIDBurnie, David.
Summary: Explores the microscopic world of cells, examines how living things survive, and investigates the origins of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 570 BURTheberge, John B.
Summary: The authors examine what the mechanisms of evolution are and how they work. With examples from the very latest discoveries in genetics and ones they have made in their own field work, "The Ptarmigan's Dilemma" "is a ground-breaking explanation of evolution for non-scientists--and a look at the rich diversity of life on Earth that's under threat today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McClelland & Stewart 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 THEAttenborough, David
Summary: Book discusses and pictures life in various environments such as deserts, grasslands, oceans, and the sky.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 574 ATTSummary: Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 577 Life 2010Summary: Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Earth 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LIFAngier, Natalie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 574 ANGWhitfield, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Joseph Henry Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 WHICapra, Fritjof.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.01 CAPZimmer, Carl
Summary: "We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world--from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses--the harder they find it is to locate life's edge"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021