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Every living thing : man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys / Rob R. Dunn ; preface by E.O. Wilson.

Dunn, Rob.; Wilson, Edward O.
2009
QH83 .D87 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Every living thing : man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys / Rob R. Dunn ; preface by E.O. Wilson.
Author
Dunn, Rob.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780061430305
0061430307
Published
New York : Collins, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Description
xiv, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
QH83 .D87 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
578.012
Summary
Traces the history of human discovery, from the establishment of classification in the eighteenth century to today's attempts to find life in space.
Note
"Smithsonian Books."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Wilson, Edward O.
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