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Death on Earth

- Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
Af: Jules Howard Engelsk Paperback

Death on Earth

- Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
Af: Jules Howard Engelsk Paperback
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There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms.

Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of starvation, drought, volcanic eruptions, meteorites, plagues, parasites, predators, freak weather events, tussles and scraps, and our bodies are shaped by these ancient events.

Some animals live for just a few hours as adults, others prefer to kill themselves rather than live unnecessarily for longer than they are needed, and there are a number of animals that can live for centuries. There are parasites that drive their hosts to die awful deaths, and parasites that manipulate their hosts to live longer, healthier lives. There is death in life.

Amongst all of this, there is us, the upright ape; perhaps the first animal in the history of the universe fully conscious that death really is going to happen to us all in the end.

With a narrative featuring a fish with a fake eye, the oldest animal in the world, the immortal jellyfish and some of the world’s top death-investigating biologists, Death on Earth explores the never-ending cycle of death and the impact death has on the living, and muses on how evolution and death affect us every single day. Why are we so weird about death? Where does this fear come from? Why are we so afraid of ageing? And how might knowledge of ageing in other animals help us live better lives, free of the diseases of old age?

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There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms.

Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of starvation, drought, volcanic eruptions, meteorites, plagues, parasites, predators, freak weather events, tussles and scraps, and our bodies are shaped by these ancient events.

Some animals live for just a few hours as adults, others prefer to kill themselves rather than live unnecessarily for longer than they are needed, and there are a number of animals that can live for centuries. There are parasites that drive their hosts to die awful deaths, and parasites that manipulate their hosts to live longer, healthier lives. There is death in life.

Amongst all of this, there is us, the upright ape; perhaps the first animal in the history of the universe fully conscious that death really is going to happen to us all in the end.

With a narrative featuring a fish with a fake eye, the oldest animal in the world, the immortal jellyfish and some of the world’s top death-investigating biologists, Death on Earth explores the never-ending cycle of death and the impact death has on the living, and muses on how evolution and death affect us every single day. Why are we so weird about death? Where does this fear come from? Why are we so afraid of ageing? And how might knowledge of ageing in other animals help us live better lives, free of the diseases of old age?

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9781472915092
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1472915097
Kategori: Evolution
Udg. Dato: 18 maj 2017
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 18 maj 2017
Forfatter(e): Jules Howard
Forfatter(e) Jules Howard


Kategori Evolution


ISBN-13 9781472915092


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 288


Udgave


Længde 19mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 18 maj 2017


Oplagsdato 18 maj 2017


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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