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Another Sommer-time storyZimmer, Carl
Summary: Addresses the fundamental question of what it means to be alive from the perspective of a microbe, E. coli, that exists within all human beings, examining the germ's evolution and its important role in the history of biology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.342 ZIMZimmer, Carl
Summary: Displays hundreds of tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, revealing the stories behind the individuals who chose to permanently inscribe their obsessions in their skin, and reflecting on the science in question.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 391.65 ZIMZimmer, 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
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 ZIMCopies Available at Kingsley
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Summary: New discoveries in the field of human evolution are changing our understanding of human origins almost daily. What does all this new knowledge about our species mean? Science journalist Zimmer offers an illuminating journey through our ancestry, beginning 65 million years ago with the first primates and ending today, as we enter a new phase of evolution. Along the way he re-examines the major...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.93 ZIMZimmer, Carl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 ZIMSummary: The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing probe at the ordinary and urge us to think more deeply about our place in the world around us. From a hopeful portrait of a future for people with Alzheimer's disease, to a fascinating exploration of the rise of nearsightedness in children, to the heroic story of a herd of cows that evaded a hurricane, these selections reveal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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Summary: Speckles the spider and Crumbs the cricket think a caterpillar is too ugly to be their friend, but Annie the ant insists that something beautiful might be inside.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Advance Pub. 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SOMSommer, Carl
Summary: Carl Sommer is a devoted educator and a successful businessman who has a passion for communicating values and pracical learning skills. He is dedicated to teaching children, young people, and adults by imparting principles necessary for success in an increasingly complex world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Advance Publishing, Inc. 2005