Andreas Wagner

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Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and CultureHardcover, 9 May 2023

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture
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Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
ONEWorld Publications
Date Published
9 May 2023
ISBN-10
0861545273
ISBN-13
9780861545278

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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.

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.

Product Details

Author:
Andreas Wagner
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
9 May 2023
Dimensions:
22.48 x 14.61 x 2.31 cm
ISBN-10:
0861545273
ISBN-13:
9780861545278
Language:
English
Pages:
352
Weight:
517.09 gm

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