The oldest living things in the world /
by Sussman, Rachel, frey50
Physical details: xxxiii, 269 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm ISBN:9780226057507 (cloth : alkaline paper); 022605750X (cloth : alkaline paper).Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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500 - 599 | 571.8790222 Sus (Browse shelf) | Available | 101147 |
Includes indexes.
Art essay : the future is invented with fragments from the past / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Science essay : how lives become long / Carl Zimmer -- Infographic 1 : OLTW world map -- North America. Giant sequoia ; Bristlecone pine ; Creosote bush ; Mojave yucca ; Honey mushroom ; Box huckleberry ; Palmer's oak ; Pando ; The Senator ; Map lichens -- Infographic 2 : Linnean taxonomy -- South America. Llareta (or yareta) ; Alerce ; Brain coral -- Europe. Fortingall yew ; Chestnut of 100 horses ; Posidonia sea grass ; Olive ; Spruce -- Infographic 3 : deep timeline -- Asia. J'mon sugi ; Sri maha bodhi ; Siberian actinobacteria -- Africa. Baobab ; Underground forests ; Welwitschia -- Australia. Antarctic beech ; Tasmanian lomatia ; Huon pine ; Eucalyptus : NSW and WA ; Stromatolites -- Antarctica. Antarctic moss -- Infographic 4 : growth strategy -- Roads not (yet) taken -- Researchers, guides, guests, and "a little way through."