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What Is Life?

by Dorion Sagan ; Lynn Margulis

ISBN: 0520220218
ISBN-13: 9780520220218
Format: Paperback

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Published date: 2000
Size: 6.25 x 9 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
Pages: 288

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Hardcover - Simon & Schuster (1995) - from $18.95
Paperback Illustrated - Univ of California Pr (2000) - from $5.00

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