Armand Marie Leroi

Mutants

On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Full of fascinating and bizarre cases of genetic mutation and irregularity, â Mutantsâ is an amazing exploration of the human form in all its beautiful and unique guises.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780006531647
• ISBN-10: 0006531644
• Artikelnr.: 21996701

Autorenporträt

Armand Leroi was born in 1964 in New Zealand, and has lived all over the world. He has published widely in technical journals on evolutionary and developmental genetics, and is currently Reader in Evolutionary Developmental Biology at Imperial College London.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Prologue
I. Mutants (An introduction) 3
II. A Perfect Join (On embryos) 23
III. The Last Judgement (On first parts) 65
IV. Cleppies (On arms and legs) 105
V. Flesh of my Flesh, Bone of my Bone (On skeletons) 137
VI. The War with the Cranes (On growth) 169
VII. The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole (On gender) 217
VIII. A Fragile Bubble (On skin) 247
IX. The Sober Life (On ageing) 297
X. Anthropometamorphosis (An epilogue) 335
Acknowledgements 357
Notes 359
Bibliography 389
Index 421