The oldest living things in the world /
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
[2014]
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Table of 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. 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."