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Author:

Sussman, Rachel, 1975- author. author.

Title:

The oldest living things in the world / Rachel Sussman ; with essays by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Carl Zimmer ; photography editor: Christina Louise Costello ; infographics: Michael Paukner.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xxxiii, 269 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm.

Subject:

Longevity.
Longevity in art.
Organisms--Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Obrist, Hans-Ulrich, writer of added commentary.
Zimmer, Carl, 1966- writer of added commentary.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Art essay : the future is invented with fragments from the past / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Science essay : how lives become long / Carl Zimmer -- Infographic 1 : OLTW world map -- North America. Giant sequoia ; Bristlecone pine ; Creosote bush ; Mojave yucca ; Honey mushroom ; Box huckleberry ; Palmer's oak ; Pando ; The Senator ; Map lichens -- Infographic 2 : Linnean taxonomy -- South America. Llareta (or yareta) ; Alerce ; Brain coral -- Europe. Fortingall yew ; Chestnut of 100 horses ; Posidonia sea grass ; Olive ; Spruce -- Infographic 3 : deep timeline -- Asia. J'mon sugi ; Sri maha bodhi ; Siberian actinobacteria -- Africa. Baobab ; Underground forests ; Welwitschia -- Australia. Antarctic beech ; Tasmanian lomatia ; Huon pine ; Eucalyptus : NSW and WA ; Stromatolites -- Antarctica. Antarctic moss -- Infographic 4 : growth strategy -- Roads not (yet) taken -- Researchers, guides, guests, and "a little way through."

ISBN:

022605750X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226057507 (cloth : alkaline paper)

LCCN:

2013048562

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

FOPB224 -- McGregor Public Library (McGregor)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

UAPA765 -- Plover Public Library (Plover)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)