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Slime : a natural history / Susanne Wedlich ; translated from German by Ayça Türkoğlu.
Takes readers on a sticky scientific adventure through the three-billion-year history of slime, exploring its part in the evolution of life and its cultural and emotional significance, from its starring role in the horror genre to its subtle influence on Art Nouveau.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781685890209 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 326 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in German as das Buch vom Scheim in 2019 the Naturkunden series, ed. by Judith Schalansky at Matthes & Seitz Berlin"--Title page verso. "First published in English in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2021"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index. |
| Language Note: | In English, translated from German. |
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| Subject: | Body fluids. Mucus. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 611.0187 Wed | 31681010312809 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Takes us on a sticky scientific adventure through the 3-billion-year history of slime, exploring its part in the evolution of life and its cultural and emotional significance, from its starring role in the horror genre to its subtle influence on Art Nouveau. 75,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Takes readers on a sticky scientific adventure through the three-billion-year history of slime, exploring its part in the evolution of life and its cultural and emotional significance, from its starring role in the horror genre to its subtle influence onArt Nouveau. - Random House, Inc.
A groundbreaking, witty, and eloquent exploration of slime that will leave you appreciating the nebulous and neglected sticky stuff that covers our world, inside and out.
Slime. The very word seems to ooze oily menace, conjuring up a variety of unpleasant associations: mucous, toxins, reptiles, pollutants, and other unsavory viscous semi-liquid substances. Yet without slime, the natural world would be completely unrecognizable; in fact, life itself as we know it would be impossible
In this deft and fascinating book, journalist Susanne Wedlich takes us on a tour of all things slimy, from the most unctuous of science fiction monsters to the biochemical compounds that are the very building blocks of life. Along the way she shows us what slime really means, and why slime is not something to fear, but rather something to ... embrace.
