Life at the Edge: Readings from Scientific American Magazine
- ISBN-10
- 0716720116
- ISBN-13
- 9780716720119
- Category
- Biologie
- Pages
- 162
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- W H Freeman & Company
- Authors
- James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould
Description
Articles show how life survives in an inhospitable condition
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