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The beauty of the beastly by natalie angier 304 pages finished 101712 this book is a nonfiction book about how living organisms work and why. She attended the university of michigan for two years, then transferred to barnard college, where she studied english, physics and astronomy and. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Angiers research is really affecting the cancer research as a whole. New york times science writer natalie angier talks about her new book woman. New views on the nature of life, a collection of essays in which she expounds on her notions of all levels of life forms from roundworms to dolphins. Among her other nonfiction books are the beauty of the beastly. The beauty of the beastly national library of australia. Natalie angier primary author only author division.
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