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Legend has it (it may even be true) that J. B. S. Haldane, when asked by a clergyman what he could infer about God from the works of creation, responded, He must have had an inordinate fondness for beetles. Were I asked to infer something essential about Homo sapiens from his work, I should probably reply that this zoological odd-ball required humor to lighten a life taken too seriously. How else can we explain the fact that very profession has its underground classic of humorous self-deprecation and verse? Garstang's Larval Forms has long filled this role for evolutionary biology. But, as a residual Victorian, Garstang turned out some mighty…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-00031-3
- EAN: 9780393000313
- Produktnummer: 2920114
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1981
- Seitenangabe: 132 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D0.8 cm 150 g
- Gewicht: 150
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