The mystery of metamorphosis : a scientific detective story / Frank Ryan.
| Author/creator | Ryan, Frank, 1944- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., ©2011. |
| Description | xxiii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Metamorphosis |
| Contents | The beautiful mystery -- Anomalies in the Tree of Life. The birth of an idea ; A puzzle wrapped in an enigma ; First experiments ; The price of iconoclasm ; Challenging the Tree of Life ; "This is impossible!" ; Catastrophe -- The butterfly's tale. The evening of the Great Peacock ; The science of life ; Elementary questions and deductions ; The phoenix in its crucible ; Two souls in one body ; Bizarre extrapolations ; Assembling the jigsaw puzzle ; Ecology's magic bullet -- New perspectives. On the steps of York Minster ; The first genetic testing ; The evolutionary potential of hybridization ; A new life-form -- The molecular age. The puzzle of the hornworm brain ; Aristotle or Darwin? ; Cues and common links ; A tale in a tail ; Of frogs and their relatives ; The wonder of development ; The human brain -- A sting in the tail. |
| General note | "A Sciencewriters book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-280) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010052618 |
| ISBN | 9781603583411 |
| ISBN | 1603583416 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QL981 .R93 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |