Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth
Authors: Lynn Margulis, Karlene V. Schwartz Manufacturer: W.H. Freeman & Company Keywords: Biology ISBN: 0716730278
Book description This is the most complete and original biological field guide in history. Lynn Margulis, one of the most brilliant biologists of the 20th century, and her colleague Karlene Schwartz provide a roller-skate tour of the whole world of living things, from the smallest bacteria in the hot springs of Yellowstone to the mightiest oak (humans too, but we are set firmly in our place). In his Foreword, Stephen Jay Gould says "If the originality comes before us partly as a 'picture book, ' it should not be downgraded for that reason-for primates are visual animals, and the surest instruction in a myriad of unknown creatures must be a set of figures with concise instruction about their meaning-all done…
Book review: Life s vast pageant This book is a stunning compendium of the range of life forms found on our planet. Margulis and Schwartz describe it as "a catalog of the world's living diversity." It is a vividly descriptive… While the higher classification of life seems sometimes to be undergoing almost monthly changes, Lynne Margulis et al. "Five Kingdoms, " third edition is still the most detailed survey of the earth's… |
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