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Sussman, Rachel, 1975- photographer, author.
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Longevity.
Longevity in art.
Organisms -- Pictorial works.
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The oldest living th...
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The oldest living things in the world / Rachel Sussman ; essays by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Carl Zimmer ; photography editor: Christina Louise Costello ; infographics: Michael Paukner.
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Sussman, Rachel, 1975- photographer, author.
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Subjects
Longevity.
Longevity in art.
Organisms -- Pictorial works.
ISBN:
9780226057507 (cloth : alk. paper)
022605750X (cloth : alk. paper)
Description:
xxxiii, 269 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents:
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. Jōmon 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."
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"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...Alongside the photographs, Sussman relays fascinating -- and sometimes harrowing -- tales of her global adventures tracking down her subjects and shares insights from the scientists who research them. The oldest living things in the world are a record and celebration of the past, a call to action in the present, and a barometer of our future." -- Publisher's description.
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