Consider the Platypus by Maggie Ryan Sandford

Consider the Platypus by Maggie Ryan Sandford

Interested in the origins of the species? Consider the Platypus uses pets such as dogs and cats as well as animal outliers like the axolotl and naked mole rat to wittily tackle mind-bending concepts about how evolution, biology, and genetics work.

Maggie Ryan Sandford is a science journalist, broadcast media producer, researcher, award-winning comedy writer, speaker, and performer. She has been published in Smithsonian, Slate, Nautili.us, National Geographic, mental floss, Glamour, ComedyCentral.com, The Onion's A.V Club, and appeared regularly on All Things Considered and Freakonomics Tell Me Something You Don't Know. She also worked as a research associate at the Science Museum of Minnesota, where she studied the way people engage with science. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Rodica Prato's award-winning pen-and-ink work has appeared in numerous magazines, newspapers, books and advertisements, including many of Martha Stewart's books; the official map of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, drawn tree by tree; the Steinway history 88 Keys; a number of Garrison Keillor's covers, and detailed illustrations for The White House Historical Association. She lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780316418393
ISBN 10	0316418390
Title	Consider the Platypus
Author	Maggie Ryan Sandford
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Year published	2019-09-26
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.