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Symbiotic Planet
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ISBN-13:
9780465072729
Veröffentl:
1999
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.10.1999
Seiten:
176
Autor:
Lynn Margulis
Gewicht:
147 g
Format:
200x123x15 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Lynn Margulis, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1983. She is best known for her pathbreaking work on the bacterial origins of cell organelles and for her collaboration with James Lovelock on Gaia theory. Her previous books include Symbiosis in Cell Evolution; Five Kingdoms (with K. V. Schwartz); and (with Dorion Sagan) Origins of Sex, Garden of Microbial Delights, What Is Life?, What Is Sex?, and Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis and Evolution.
* Prologue * Symbiosis Everywhere * Against Orthodoxy * Individuality by Incorporation * The Name of the Vine * Life from Scum * Animal Sex * Ashore * Gaia
Named "best biology book of the year" by Library Journal, "Symbiotic Planet" describes how symbiosis is the key to understanding the origins of cells, the evolution of sex, the emergence of life on land, and even the physiology of our planet.