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The Way Life Works

by Mahlon B. Hoagland · 1995

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In the tradition of David Macaulay's The Way Things Work, this popular-science book—a unique collaboration between a world-renowned molecular biologist and an equally talented artist—explains how life grows, develops, reproduces, and gets by. Full color.

Subject
scienceeducation
Themes
art
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 233 pages

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