Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters

Contributor(s): Carroll, Sean B (Author)

ISBN: 9780691167428

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Hardcover

$29.95

Pub Date: February 16, 2016

Dewey: 570

LCCN: 2015038116

Lexile Code: 0310

Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.10" H x 9.40" L x 6.30" W ( 1.40 lbs) 280 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000183483 ( Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters)

Reading level: 1.20

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In [this book], ... Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon"--Dust jacket flap.

Review Quotes: "One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Science Books of 2016"

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