An edition of The Darwin Awards countdown to extinction (2010)

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An edition of The Darwin Awards countdown to extinction (2010)

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Features examples of people whose lack of common sense resulted in their demise, in a tribute to how the evolutionary process is improved when individuals of questionable intelligence accidentally remove themselves from the gene pool.

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Dutton
Language
English
Pages
310

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Subjects
Stupidity, Humor, Anecdotes, Violent deaths, Accident victims, Humor, form, essays

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Cover of: The Darwin Awards countdown to extinction
The Darwin Awards countdown to extinction
2010, Dutton
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Table of Contents

Food: out to lunch!
Science interlude: The mystery of super-toxic snake venom
Father knows best
Science interlude: DNA fossils, the evolution of HIV
Working nine to five
Science interlude: RNAI, interference by Mother Nature
Private parts: caught with their pants down
Science interlude: Why bother with sex?
Women: will she or won't she?
Science interlude: Sex on the brain
The fasttrack: trains, cars, and bar stools!
Science interlude: Left behind, vestigial structures
Explosions: ticking time bomb
Science interlude: Evolving cancer
Electricity: common grounds
Science interlude: Quorum sensing, secret language of bacteria
Tools: the monkey wrench
Science interlude: Rapid evolution
Random acts of ridiculousness
Science interlude: Batty behavior
Double Darwin winners: twice as nice
FAQ: you ask, we tell.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
081
Library of Congress
BF431 .N676 2010, BF431.N676 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxi, 310 p. :
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24524558M
Internet Archive
darwinawardscoun00nort
ISBN 10
0525951911
ISBN 13
9780525951919
LCCN
2010033039
OCLC/WorldCat
505419405
Goodreads
8414179

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