The oldest living things in the world

by Sussman, Rachel

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Title Statements

Full title :The oldest living things in the world / Rachel Sussman ; with essays by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Carl Zimmer ; photography editor, Christina Louise Costello ; infographics, Michael Paukner.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication:Chicago, [Illinois]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

Notes

Includes indexes.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780226057507, 022605750X
oclc:on1162237599
LC Classification:QH528.5
Dewey Decimal:571.8790222

""Contents""; ""Preface: The World As We Know It""; ""Essay by Hans Ulrich Obrist / The Future Is Invented with Fragments from the Past""; ""Essay by Carl Zimmer / How Lives Become Long""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Location Map""; ""Introduction""; ""North America""; ""01. Giant Sequoia""; ""02. Bristlecone Pine""; ""03. Creosote Bush""; ""04. Mojave Yucca""; ""05. Honey Mushroom""; ""06. Box Huckleberry""; ""07. Palmer's Oak""; ""08. Pando""; ""09. The Senator""; ""10. Map Lichens""; ""Linnean Taxonomy""; ""South America""; ""11. Llareta (or Yareta)""; ""12. Alerce""; ""13. Brain Coral""

""Europe""""14. Fortingall Yew""; ""15. Chestnut of 100 Horses""; ""16. Posidonia Sea Grass""; ""17. Olive""; ""18. Spruce""; ""Deep Timeline""; ""Asia""; ""19. Jomon Sugi""; ""20. Sri Maha Bodhi""; ""21. Siberian Actinobacteria""; ""Africa""; ""22. Baobab""; ""23. Underground Forests""; ""24. Welwitschia""; ""Australia""; ""25. Antarctic Beech""; ""26. Tasmanian Lomatia""; ""27. Huon Pine""; ""28. Eucalyptus: New South Wales""; ""Eucalyptus: Western Australia""; ""29. Stromatolites""; ""Antarctica""; ""30. Moss: Elephant Island""; ""Moss: South Georgia""; ""Growth Strategy""

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