Slime
a natural history
Book - 2022
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.
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Brooklyn :
Melville House,
[2022]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Wedlich, Susanne, |e author. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Buch vom Schleim. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Slime : |b a natural history / |c Susanne Wedlich ; translated from German by Ayça Türkoğlu. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Brooklyn : |b Melville House, |c [2022] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2021 | |
| 300 | |a 326 pages ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "Copyright © Susanne Wedlich, 2019. Translation copyright © Ayça Türkoğlu 2021. ... First Melville House printing: December 2022." -- Verso. | ||
| 500 | |a "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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Phenomenon. Cosmic horror ; Dr Jekyll and Mrs Slime ; The stench of death -- Physics. Water in chains ; Stuck on slip-ups ; Shifting boundaries -- Organism. The human fortress ; An arms race with microbes ; The illusory individual -- Life. On the hunt for ur-slime ; The origins of life on Earth ; The substance of life ; The art of vibration -- Evolution. City of microbes ; One long melody ; The Gelata Era -- Nature. The magic of the medium ; Life under water ; Between two worlds ; On dry land ; Roots, shoots and leaves -- Environment. Gaia and the gel ; The skin of the sea ; The contours of the world ; The Earth's living crust ; Medea and the new era -- Afterword: Space slimes. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 546 | |a Text inn English, translated from the German. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Body fluids. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Informational works. |2 lcgft | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Türkoğlu, Ayça, |e translator. | |
| 775 | 0 | 8 | |i Reproduction of (manifestation): |a Wedlich, Susanne. |t Slime |d London : Granta Books, 2021 |z 9781783786701 |
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