00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862137608 Buklod 20240215100001.0 g||| | || || ta 181123s2016 njuab rb |||1 u|eng d 9780691167428 (hardcover : alk. paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00032148229 BC-70097 Forefront Book Co., Inc. Php1,516.00 Department of Biology Faculty DLC BAG rda eng QH 501 C37 2016 Carroll, Sean B. author. The Serengeti rules the quest to discover how life works and why it matters Sean B. Carroll. Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press [2016] 263 pages illustrations, map 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252) and index. Introduction : Miracles and wonder -- I: Everything is regulated. The wisdom of the body ; The economy of nature -- II: The logic of life. General rules of regulation ; Fat, feedback, and a miracle fungus ; Stuck accelerators and broken brakes -- III: The Serengeti rules. Some animals are more equal than others ; Serengeti logic ; Another kind of cancer ; Take 60 million walleye and call us in ten years ; Resurrection -- Afterword : Rules to live by. "How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In [this book] ... Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon"--Dust jacket flap. Life (Biology) Biological control systems. Nature Effect of human beings on. Ecology. Biology Research Anecdotes. Biologists Anecdotes. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN QH 501 C37 2016 Book