Life's edge : the search for what it means to be alive / Carl Zimmer.
| Author/creator | Zimmer, Carl, 1966- author. |
| Other author | Recorded Books, Inc. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | [New York, N.Y.] : Dutton, [2021] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: The borderland -- The quickening. The way the spirit comes to the bones ; Death is resisted -- The hallmarks. Dinner ; Decisive matter ; Preserving constant the conditions of life ; Copy/Paste ; Darwin's lung -- A series of dark questions. This astonishing multiplication ; Irritations ; The sect ; This mud was actually alive ; A play of water ; Scripts -- Return to the borderland. Half life ; Data needed for a blueprint ; No obvious bushes ; Four blue droplets. |
| Abstract | What is life? The power seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Zimmer journeys through experiments that have attempted to recreate life; shows how coronaviruses have altered the course of history; and even tries his own had at evolving life in a test tube... with unnerving results. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 22, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Zimmer, Carl, 1966- Life's edge. [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] 9780593182710 |
| Genre/form | Creative nonfiction. |
| Genre/form | Instructional and educational works. |
| Genre/form | Instructional and educational works. |
| Genre/form | Creative nonfiction. |
| Genre/form | Matériel d'éducation et de formation. |
| Genre/form | Essais fictionnels. |
| ISBN | 9780593182727 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0593182723 |
| Publisher number | EB00824337 Recorded Books |
| Stock number | 60AD4D3A-10EB-4CFE-A2ED-C573C6B5A13D OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |