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11 produkter
Microcosmos
Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
Av Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan
Häftad, 1997
280 kr
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This title is back in print with a revised preface. "Microcosmos" brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneering research of Dr. Margulis to create a vivid new picture of the world that is crucial to our understanding of the future of the …
Into the Cool
Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life
Av Eric D. Schneider, Dorion Sagan
Häftad, 2006
221 kr
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Scientists, theologians, and philosophers have all sought to answer the questions of why we are here and where we are going. Finding this natural basis of life has proved elusive, but in the eloquent and creative Into the Cool, Eric D. Schneider and Dorion Sagan look for answers in a surprising …
Origins of Sex
Three Billion Years of Genetic Recombination
Av Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan
Häftad, 1990
492 kr
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A fascinating and detailed examination of the evolution—and occasional devolution—of sexuality in microorganisms and more complex forms of life. Margulis and Sagan trace sex from its inauspicious beginnings in bacteria threatened by ultraviolet radiation to its intimate relation with the origin of …
Slanted Truths
Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis and Evolution
Av Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan
Häftad, 2014
856 kr
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This enticing collection is as devoted to the profound power of figures of speech as any oration of old Hellas. Metaphor reigns as we encounter the identification of our Earth as a Single, integrative organism, a tale told in image and passion. The discoveries and conjectures upon which this grand …
Acquiring Genomes
A Theory Of The Origin Of Species
Av Dorion Sagan, Lynn Margulis
Häftad, 2003
265 kr
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How do new species evolve? Although Darwin identified inherited variation as the creative force in evolution, he never formally speculated where it comes from. His successors thought that new species arise from the gradual accumulation of random mutations of DNA. But despite its acceptance in every …
Cosmic Apprentice
Dispatches from the Edges of Science
Av Dorion Sagan
Inbunden, 2013
292 kr
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In the pursuit of knowledge, Dorion Sagan argues in this dazzlingly eclectic, rigorously crafted, and deliciously witty collection of essays, scientific authoritarianism and philosophical obscurantism are equally formidable obstacles to discovery. As science has become more specialized and more …
Cracking the Aging Code
The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young
Av Josh Mitteldorf, Dorion Sagan
Häftad, 2017
294 kr
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Slanted Truths
Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis and Evolution
Av Dorion Sagan, Lynn Margulis
E-bok, 2013
1214 kr
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This enticing collection is as devoted to the profound power of figures of speech as any oration of old Hellas. Metaphor reigns as we encounter the identification of our Earth as a Single, integrative organism, a tale told in image and passion. The discoveries and conjectures upon which this grand …
Lynn Margulis
The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel
Av Dorion Sagan
E-bok, 2012
316 kr
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Tireless, controversial, and hugely inspirational to those who knew her or encountered her work, Lynn Margulis was a scientist whose intellectual energy and interests knew no bounds. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis, and symbiogenesis as a driving …
Aprendiz cósmico
Informes desde las fronteras de la ciencia
Av Dorion Sagan
E-bok, 2018
170 kr
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En este caleidoscópico y brillante libro, una multiplicidad de campos de la ciencia –entre ellos la genética, la neurobiología, la astrofísica o la termodinámica– se dan cita con la indagación filosófica. Siguiendo la estela de su padre, Carl Sagan, quien popularizó el estudio del cosmos, y de su …
