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Feeding People Is Easy

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The Tree : A Natural History Of What Trees Are, How They Live, And Why They Matter

  • The Tree : A Natural History Of What Trees Are, How They Live, And Why They Matter

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    Colin Tudge

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    Book, 1st U.S. ed, Crown Publishers, 2006

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    From the tallest to the smallest, trees inspire wonder in all of us, and in The Tree, Colin Tudge travels around the world?throughout the United States, the Costa Rican rain forest, Panama and Brazil, India, New Zealand, China, and most of Europe?bringing to life stories and facts about the trees around us: how they grow old, how they eat and reproduce, how they talk to one another (and they do), and why they came to exist in the first place. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QK475 .T83 2006  AVAILABLE

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The Second Creation : Dolly And The Age Of Biological Control

  • The Second Creation : Dolly And The Age Of Biological Control

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    Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell, Colin Tudge

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    Book, 1st ed, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000

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    For the first time, a team of scientists, led by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell, was able to clone a whole mammal using a single cultured adult body cell, a breakthrough that revolutionized three technologies–genetic engineering, genomics, and cloning by nuclear transfer from adult cells–and brought science ever closer to the possibility of human cloning. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH442.2 .W545 2000  AVAILABLE

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The Impact Of The Gene, From Mendel’s Peas To Designer Babies

  • The Impact Of The Gene, From Mendel's Peas To Designer Babies

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    Colin Tudge

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    Book, 1st American ed, Hill and Wang, 2001

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    A comprehensive and entertaining work that combines scientific history with a compelling discussion of the future trends of genetic technologies, The Impact of the Gene examines how the ideas that underpin the spectrum of all genetic issues are interrelated, and proposes that with a basic understanding of Gregor Mendel’s theories and discoveries, all modern genetics falls easily into place. From a monastery garden in Brno to the laboratories of the twenty-first century and beyond, The Impact of the Gene provides a vital overview of the science of genetics. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QH437 .T833 2001  AVAILABLE

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Neanderthals, Bandits, And Farmers : How Agriculture Really Began

  • Neanderthals, Bandits, And Farmers : How Agriculture Really Began

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    Colin Tudge

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    Book, Yale University Press, 1999

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    Colin Tudge overturns the traditional view that farming began in the Middle East 10,000 years ago, quickly led to the Neolithic farming revolution, and ended the hunting-gathering lifestyle. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  GN799.A4 T83 1999  AVAILABLE

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The Variety Of Life : A Survey And A Celebration Of All The Creatures That Have Ever Lived

  • The Variety Of Life : A Survey And A Celebration Of All The Creatures That Have Ever Lived

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    Colin Tudge

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    Book, Oxford University Press, 2000

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    The first part of the book describes why biologists now feel that there could have been as many as 4,000 billion species on Earth since life began. It is divided into 24 sections, each describing a different group, illustrated by nearly 50 double-page spreads which present genealogical “trees” that summarize the evolutionary relationships between the creatures in each group. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     OVERSIZE (UPPER)  QH83 .T84 2000  AVAILABLE

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The Time Before History : 5 Million Years Of Human Impact

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The Engineer In The Garden : Genes And Genetics : From The Idea Of Heredity To The Creation Of Life

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Last Animals At The Zoo : How Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped

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