Every Living Thing

Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobact eria to New Monkeys

By: Rob Dunn

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Paperback | 1 May 2010

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Biologists and laypeople alike have repeatedly claimed victory over life. A thousand years ago we thought we knew almost everything, a hundred years ago, too. But even today, Rob Dunn argues, discoveries we can't yet imagine still await us. More is unknown than known, whether about our bodies or the bottom of the sea.

In a series of vivid portraits of scientists as interesting as the mysteries they chase, Dunn introduces the reader to breakthroughs that have changed the world and others that might still. With poetry and humor, Dunn reminds readers how tough and exhilarating it isto study the natural world, and why it matters.

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"If you have any interest in life beyond your own, you should read this book...Between the covers of EVERY LIVING THING you'll learn both about life's amazing diversity and that process of their discovery. Savor this fascinating volume and then help to preserve life's wonders." -- Paul R. Ehrlich, author of THE DOMINANT ANIMAL: HUMAN EVOLUTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

"His writing is concise and entertaining. So entertaining that I found myself laughing out loud and following my husband around saying, "Listen to this!" over and over again as I read." -- Internet Review of Books

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Non-Fiction Science Science in General History of Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Taxonomy & Systematics Popular Science Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Applied Ecology Biodiversity

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Beginnings
What We All Used to Know	p. 3
Common Names	p. 23
The Invisible World	p. 40
Fogging (The Tree of Life)
The Apostles	p. 59
Finding Everything	p. 87
Finding an Ant-Riding Beetle	p. 111
Roots
Dividing the Cell	p. 133
Grafting the Tree of Life	p. 149
Symbiotic Cells on the Seafloor	p. 165
Origin Stories	p. 181
Other Worlds
Looking Out	p. 193
To Squeeze Life from a Stone	p. 209
The Wrong Elephant?	p. 224
What Remains	p. 246
Endnotes?	p. 257
Index	p. 265
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Every Living Thing

Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobact eria to New Monkeys

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