{"product_id":"biograffiti-9780393000313","title":"Biograffiti","description":"Legend has it (it may even be true) that J. B. S. Haldane, when asked by a clergyman what he could infer about God from the works of creation, responded, \"He must have had an inordinate fondness for beetles.\" Were I asked to infer something essential about \u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e from his work, I should probably reply that this zoological odd-ball required humor to lighten a life taken too seriously. How else can we explain the fact that very profession has its underground classic of humorous self-deprecation and verse? Garstang's \u003cem\u003eLarval Forms\u003c\/em\u003e has long filled this role for evolutionary biology. But, as a residual Victorian, Garstang turned out some mighty stuffy poems--and recapitulatory theory of the details of invertebrate morphology do no reside on the frontier of modern biology. But voyeurs and hedonists can now rejoice, for John Burns has produced a worthy successor, a work full of all that is modern in evolutionary biology--mathematical modeling, ecological strategies, ethological theories and, oh yes, plenty of sex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John M. Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393000313","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44945259167859,"sku":"9780393000313","price":21.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_60d4abc6-3c4a-455d-af5c-237d94a43a43.jpg?v=1778342497","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/biograffiti-9780393000313","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}