{"product_id":"metamorphosis-a-natural-and-human-history-hardcover","title":"Metamorphosis: A Natural and Human History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOren Harman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA search for the meaning of one of nature's greatest riddles: why do so many creatures transform?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"How many creatures walking on this earth \/ Have their first being in another form?\" the Roman poet Ovid asked two thousand years ago. He could not have known the full extent of the truth: today, biologists estimate a stunning three-quarters of all animal species on Earth undergo some form of metamorphosis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But why do tadpoles transform into frogs, caterpillars into butterflies, elvers into eels, immortal jellyfish from sea sprigs to medusae and back again, growing younger and younger in frigid ocean depths? Why must creatures go through massive destruction and remodeling to become who they are? Tracing a path from Aristotle to Darwin to cutting-edge science today, Harman explores that central mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Metamorphosis, however, isn't just a biological puzzle: it takes us to the very heart of questions of being and identity, whatever kind of change we humans may undergo. \u003ci\u003eMetamorphosis \u003c\/i\u003eis a new classic of natural history: a book that, by unveiling a mystery of nature, causes us to relearn ourselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOren Harman\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and teaches at the Graduate Program in Science Technology and Society at Bar-Ilan University. His books include \u003ci\u003eEvolutions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Altruism\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times Book Prize\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Berlin and Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725726970163,"sku":"9781541607606","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/DO4fnpeU_H9781541607606.webp?v=1763718993","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/metamorphosis-a-natural-and-human-history-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}