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02557aam a2200469 i 4500 001 71796F28F89811E5ADB809B8DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 160107s2016 njuab b 001 0deng 010 $a 2015038116 020 $a 0691167427 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780691167428 (hardcover : alk. paper) 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QH501 $b .C376 2016 082 00 $a 570 $2 23 100 1 $a Carroll, Sean B., $e author. 245 14 $a The Serengeti rules : $b the quest to discover how life works and why it matters / $c Sean B. Carroll. 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a 263 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : Miracles and wonder -- Everything is regulated -- The wisdom of the body -- The economy of nature -- The logic of life -- General rules of regulation -- Fat, feedback, and a miracle fungus -- Stuck accelerators and broken brakes -- The Serengeti rules -- Some animals are more equal than others -- Serengeti logic -- Another kind of cancer -- Take 60 million walleye and call us in ten years -- Resurrection -- Afterword : Rules to live by. 520 $a "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. 650 0 $a Life (Biology) 650 0 $a Biological control systems. 650 0 $a Nature $x Effect of human beings on. 650 0 $a Ecology. 650 0 $a Biology $x Research $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Biologists $v Anecdotes. 941 $a 11 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611023338.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013930.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240202025614.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012030128.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010015646.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718092624.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722052800.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926095529.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180201021400.0 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20170815011645.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20161115071118.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=71796F28F89811E5ADB809B8DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search