Life Under the Sun
Peter A. Ensminger · 2001
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"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Editions
- 5
- Pages
- 276
- ISBN
- 9780300088045
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