The Oldest Living Things in the World

by Rachel Sussman, Carl Zimmer, Hans Ulrich Obrist, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022605750X
• ISBN13: 9780226057507
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.8" x 10.3"