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Sleeping beauties : the mystery of dormant innovations in nature and culture  Cover Image Book Book

Sleeping beauties : the mystery of dormant innovations in nature and culture / Andreas Wagner.

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  • ISBN: 9780861545278
  • ISBN: 0861545273
  • Physical Description: viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: London : Oneworld
  • Bibliography, etc.: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-326) and index.
  • Formatted Contents: Introduction: Names writ in water -- PART ONE: Nature -- Instant innovation -- The long fuse -- Molecular motorways -- Good vibrations -- The birth of genes -- PART TWO: CULTURE -- The crow and the pitcher -- Numbering neurons -- Numbering neurons -- Concealed relationships -- Reinventing the wheel -- Sleeping beauties -- Acknowledgements.
Subject: Evolution (Biology) > Popular works.
Social evolution.
Science.
Agricultural innovations > Popular works.
Genre: Informational works.


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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Consortium of Ohio Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marvin Memorial Library.

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