Bioluminescence: Living Lights, Lights for Living

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By J. Woodland Hastings *51

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Harvard University Press) Hastings and Williams look into why organisms that emit light do so. The book shows how bioluminescence evolved into a survival tool for many organisms. Hastings is the Paul C. Mangelsdorf Research Professor of Natural Sciences at Harvard University.

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