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Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture

Andreas Wagner

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Description:Life innovates constantly – it just needs the right environment to succeed. Pioneering mammals appeared when dinosaurs still ruled the roost, but over a hundred million years passed before they flourished. Grasses came on the scene sixty-five million years ago, but they took off only forty million years ago. Examples of ‘sleeping beauties’ – animals, plants and even human inventions – seem to be the exception rather than the rule. But why? Through cutting-edge experiments, Andreas Wagner demonstrates that innovations come frequently and cheaply to nature, well before they are needed. For proof, look no further than prehistoric bacteria that can resist synthetic antibiotics they’ve never encountered, or consider that there are more ways to digest glucose than there are stars in the universe. In human history, the thermometer was invented seven times, the telegraph four times and radar six times.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture. To get started finding Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Life innovates constantly – it just needs the right environment to succeed. Pioneering mammals appeared when dinosaurs still ruled the roost, but over a hundred million years passed before they flourished. Grasses came on the scene sixty-five million years ago, but they took off only forty million years ago. Examples of ‘sleeping beauties’ – animals, plants and even human inventions – seem to be the exception rather than the rule. But why? Through cutting-edge experiments, Andreas Wagner demonstrates that innovations come frequently and cheaply to nature, well before they are needed. For proof, look no further than prehistoric bacteria that can resist synthetic antibiotics they’ve never encountered, or consider that there are more ways to digest glucose than there are stars in the universe. In human history, the thermometer was invented seven times, the telegraph four times and radar six times.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture. To get started finding Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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