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

by Andreas Wagner

Book Overview

Why do some of nature's marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?

Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species - but there's a catch.

A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023

'Hopeful and fascinating.' THE TIMES

Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086154806X
• ISBN13: 9780861548064
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"