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Sleeping Beauties

- The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture
Af: Andreas Wagner Engelsk Paperback

Sleeping Beauties

- The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture
Af: Andreas Wagner Engelsk Paperback
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Why do some of nature’s marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?

Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species – but there’s a catch.

A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023

''Hopeful and fascinating.'' THE TIMES

Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these ‘sleeping beauties’ crop up everywhere. But why?

Looking at the book of life, from apex predators to keystone crops, and informed by his own cutting-edge experiments, renowned scientist Andreas Wagner demonstrates that innovations can come frequently and cheaply to nature, well before they are needed. We have found prehistoric bacteria that harbour the remarkable ability to fight off 21st-century antibiotics. And human history fits the pattern too, as life-changing technologies are invented only to be forgotten, languishing in the shadows before they finally take off.

In probing the mysteries of these sleeping beauties, Wagner reveals a crucial part of nature’s rich and strange tapestry.
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Why do some of nature’s marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?

Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species – but there’s a catch.

A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023

''Hopeful and fascinating.'' THE TIMES

Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these ‘sleeping beauties’ crop up everywhere. But why?

Looking at the book of life, from apex predators to keystone crops, and informed by his own cutting-edge experiments, renowned scientist Andreas Wagner demonstrates that innovations can come frequently and cheaply to nature, well before they are needed. We have found prehistoric bacteria that harbour the remarkable ability to fight off 21st-century antibiotics. And human history fits the pattern too, as life-changing technologies are invented only to be forgotten, languishing in the shadows before they finally take off.

In probing the mysteries of these sleeping beauties, Wagner reveals a crucial part of nature’s rich and strange tapestry.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9780861548064
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 086154806X
Kategori: Evolution
Udg. Dato: 4 apr 2024
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 122mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Oneworld Publications
Oplagsdato: 4 apr 2024
Forfatter(e): Andreas Wagner
Forfatter(e) Andreas Wagner


Kategori Evolution


ISBN-13 9780861548064


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 352


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 122mm


Højde 196mm


Udg. Dato 4 apr 2024


Oplagsdato 4 apr 2024


Forlag Oneworld Publications

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