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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Helmreich, Stefan, 1966- Alien ocean. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008020955 (OCoLC)225872002 |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stefan Helmreich |
ISBN: | 9780520942608 0520942604 |
OCLC Number: | 852772652 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 403 pages) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Introduction : Life at sea -- The message from the mud : making meaning out of microbes in Monterey Bay -- Dissolving the tree of life : alien kinship at hydrothermal vents -- Blue-green capitalism : marine biotechnology in Hawai'i -- Alien species, native politics : mixing up nature and culture in ocean O'ahu -- Abducting the Atlantic : how the ocean got its genome -- Submarine cyborgs : transductive ethnography at the seafloor, Juan de Fuca Ridge -- Extraterrestrial seas : astrobiology and the nature of alien life. |
Responsibility: | Stefan Helmreich. |
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"Unique [and] innovative... Captures the excitement and crucial nature of oceanographic research... Perhaps Alien Ocean will inspire the next generation to fulfill the promise of environmental genomic sequencing."--Nature "Intriguingly, Alien Ocean's main characters are arguably not the scientists, nor Helmreich, but the sea itself and the bizarre microbial communities recently found there."--Seed Magazine "Erudite, widely ranging account of currently important aspects of marine microbiology and their broader implications."--Choice "One of the pleasures of Alien Ocean is Helmreich's playfulness."--Technology Review "An engaging treatise of a fascinating topic."--Microbe Magazine Read more...

