Human errors : a panorama of our glitches, from pointless bones to broken genes
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Minneapolis, Minn. : Highbridge Audio, [2018].
Edition
Unabridged.
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7 audio discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Coos Bay Public Library - Adult/General - Audio | 612 LEN, Human 2018 | Available |
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Published
Minneapolis, Minn. : Highbridge Audio, [2018].
Format
Book on CD
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
UPC
9781684413324
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In container (17 cm.).
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Compact disc.
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Narrated by L.J. Ganser.
Description
We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution's greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often--two hundred times more often than a dog? How come our wrists have so many useless bones? Why is the vast majority of our genetic code pointless? And are we really supposed to swallow and breathe through the same narrow tube? Surely there's been some kind of mistake. As professor of biology Nathan H. Lents explains in Human Errors, our evolutionary history is nothing if not a litany of mistakes, each more entertaining and enlightening than the last. The human body, perhaps evolution's greatest creation, is one big pile of compromises. But that is also a testament to our greatness: as Lents shows, humans have so many design flaws precisely because we are very, very good at getting around them. A rollicking, deeply informative tour of humans' four-billion-year-long evolutionary saga, Human Errors both celebrates our imperfections and offers an unconventional accounting of the cost of our success.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lents, N. H., & Ganser, L. J. (2018). Human errors: a panorama of our glitches, from pointless bones to broken genes (Unabridged.). Highbridge Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lents, Nathan H and L. J. Ganser. 2018. Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes. Highbridge Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lents, Nathan H and L. J. Ganser. Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes Highbridge Audio, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lents, Nathan H., and L. J Ganser. Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes Unabridged., Highbridge Audio, 2018.
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