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The oldest living things in the world

Sussman, Rachel 1975- (photographer,, author.). Obrist, Hans Ulrich (writer of added commentary.). Zimmer, Carl 1966- (writer of added commentary.). Obrist, Hans Ulrich (Added Author). Zimmer, Carl 1966- (Added Author).

Summary: The Oldest Living Things in the World is an epic journey through time and space. Over the past decade, artist Rachel Sussman has researched, worked with biologists, and traveled the world to photograph continuously living organisms that are 2,000 years old and older. Spanning from Antarctica to Greenland, the Mojave Desert to the Australian Outback, the result is a stunning and unique visual collection of ancient organisms unlike anything that has been created in the arts or sciences before, insightfully and accessibly narrated by Sussman along the way.

Record details

ISBN: 022605750X
ISBN: 9780226057507
Physical Description: xxxiii, 269 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm
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Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2014].
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Art essay : the future is invented with fragments from the past / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Science essay : how lives become long / Carl Zimmer -- Infographic 1 : OLTW world map -- North America. Giant sequoia ; Bristlecone pine ; Creosote bush ; Mojave yucca ; Honey mushroom ; Box huckleberry ; Palmer's oak ; Pando ; The Senator ; Map lichens -- Infographic 2 : Linnean taxonomy -- South America. Llareta (or yareta) ; Alerce ; Brain coral -- Europe. Fortingall yew ; Chestnut of 100 horses ; Posidonia sea grass ; Olive ; Spruce -- Infographic 3 : deep timeline -- Asia. J'mon sugi ; Sri maha bodhi ; Siberian actinobacteria -- Africa. Baobab ; Underground forests ; Welwitschia -- Australia. Antarctic beech ; Tasmanian lomatia ; Huon pine ; Eucalyptus : NSW and WA ; Stromatolites -- Antarctica. Antarctic moss -- Infographic 4 : growth strategy -- Roads not (yet) taken -- Researchers, guides, guests, and "a little way through."