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Sixth printing, and first paperback printing, 2012
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-691-15233-2

The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows
Bonner, John Tyler
Why size matters : from bacteria to blue whales / John Tyler Bonner.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12850-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-691-12850-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Body size.  I. Title.
QL799.B66 2006
578.4'1—dc22       2006004945

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