Which fungus is as sensitive to light as the human eye? What are the myths and facts about the ozone hole, tanning, skin cancer, and sunscreens? What is the effect of light on butterfly copulation? This entertaining collection of essays explores how various organisms--including archaebacteria, slime molds, fungi, plants, insects, and humans--sense and respond to sunlight. The essays in Peter A. Ensminger's book cover vision, photosynthesis, and phototropism, as well as such unusual topics as the reason why light causes ...
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Which fungus is as sensitive to light as the human eye? What are the myths and facts about the ozone hole, tanning, skin cancer, and sunscreens? What is the effect of light on butterfly copulation? This entertaining collection of essays explores how various organisms--including archaebacteria, slime molds, fungi, plants, insects, and humans--sense and respond to sunlight. The essays in Peter A. Ensminger's book cover vision, photosynthesis, and phototropism, as well as such unusual topics as the reason why light causes beer to develop a "skunky" odor. He introduces us to the kinds of eyes that have evolved in different animals, including those in a species of shrimp that is ostensibly eyeless; gives us a better appreciation of color vision; explains how plowing fields at night may be used to control weeds; and tells about variegate porphyria, a metabolic disease that makes people very sensitive to sunlight and may have afflicted King George III of England. These engaging essays present a complicated yet fascinating subject in an accessible way. The book will be treasured by anyone interested in the wonders of biology.
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New in New jacket. Description: Hard Cover In Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Quarter Gold Cloth With Black Lettering Stamped On Spine; Yellow Paper Over Boards.276 Pages. Condition: Book New, Binding Tight And Square, Pages Crisp And Unmarked, Appears Unread; Dj New, Not Clipped, Protected In A Clear Brodart Archival Cover. Content: A Collection Of 15 Essays That Explains How Sunlight Governs The Behavior Of Fungi And Slugs, Determines The Sex Lives Of Japanese Yellow Swallowtail Butterflies And May Even Have Contributed To The Madness Of England's King George Iii. pp. 276.
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