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).

Record details

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

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

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."