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William (Bill) Sargent is a relative of the painter John Singer Sargent and a son of a former governor of Massachusetts.

From this book, I learned that horseshoe crabs have been around since before the dinosaurs, and they retain many "primitive" evolutionary features. William (Bill) Sargent is a relative of the painter John Singer Sargent and a son of a former governor of Massachusetts. He was primed early for a career in politics, but since boyhood he was far more interested in science than in traditional forms of public service.

Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe crab is now the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists, US government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations. The source of this friction is the discovery 25 years ago that the blood of these ancient creatures serves as the basis for the most reliable test for the deadly and ubiquitous gram-negative bacteria.

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Similar books and articles. William Sargent - 2007 - Journal of the History of Biology 40 (2):382-383. Bioterrorism Law and Policy: Critical Choices in Public Health. Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Human Health. Companions at a Distance: Technoscience, Blood, and the Horseshoe Crab. Mike Michael & Priska Gisler - 2011 - Society and Animals 19 (2):115-136. COHEN, E. B. Biomedical Applications of the Horseshoe Crab. James G. Hodge - 2002 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 30 (2):254-261.

The horseshoe crab is the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists .

The horseshoe crab is the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists, US government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations. The source of this friction is the discovery 25 years ago that the blood of these ancient creatures serves as the basis for the most reliable test for the deadly and ubiquitous gram-negative bacteria

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You can change your ad preferences anytime. 3. Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe crab is now the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists, US government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations.

William Sargent, author,Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism and Human Health, "One of those rare natural history books that makes clear the deep interdependence and relationship of humans to the natural world in ways they would little dream of without reading.

William Sargent, author,Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism and Human Health, "One of those rare natural history books that makes clear the deep interdependence and relationship of humans to the natural world in ways they would little dream of without reading the book. Anne Rudloe, Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory, "An entertaining guide to a creature that is 445 million years old and still having sex on the beach.

Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Human Health By William Sargent. Children's Books: Crab Moon, by Ruth Horowitz. Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds-The Story of a Food Web, by Victoria Crenson. Moonbird: A Year on the Wind With the Great Survivor B95 (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards), by Phillip Hoose. Harry Horseshoe Crab: A Tale of Crawly Creatures, by Suzanne Tate; illustrated by James Melvin.