Evening at the microscope; or, researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1859]. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, publisher's red blindstamped cloth, a fine copy. More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1859]. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, publisher's red blindstamped cloth, a fine copy. More
London: Oxford University Press, 2003. Octavo, softcover. Nick Lane shows how oxygen underpins the origin of biological complexity, the birth of photosynthesis, the sudden evolution of animals, the need for two sexes, the accelerated ageing of cloned animals, and the surprisingly long lives of bats and birds. While offering fresh..... More
New York: W. W. Norton, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations. Recently, scientists at the frontiers of biology have hypothesised the existence of life-forms that can only be called "weird": organisms that live off acid rather than water, microbes that thrive at temperatures and pressure levels so extreme..... More