How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells

作者 Lewis Wolpert著
出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
出版时间 2011年2月第2版
ISBN 9780393339383
定价 192.10

内容简介

Everythingaboutourexistence-movementandmemory,imaginationandreproduction,birth,andultimatelydeath-isgovernedbyourcells.Theyarethebasisofalllifeintheuniverse,frombacteriatothemostcomplexanimals.InthetraditionoftheclassicLivesofaCell,butwiththebenefitofthelatestresearch,LewisWolpertdemonstrateshowhumanlifegrowsfromasinglecellintoabody,anincrediblycomplexsocietyofbillionsofcells.Wolpertgoesontoexaminethesciencebehindtopicsthataremuchdiscussedbutrarelyunderstood--stem-cellresearch,cloning,DNA,cancer--andexplainshowalllifeonearthevolvedfromjustonecell.Livelyandpassionate,thisisanaccessibleguidetounderstandingthehumanbodyandlifeitself.

作者简介

LewisWolpertisadistinguisheddevelopmentalbiologistandanaccomplishedbroadcaster.HeisEmeritusProfessorofBiologyasAppliedtoMedicineatUniversityCollege,London.ACBEandaFellowoftheRoyalSociety,hewaschairmanoftheCommitteeonthePublicUnderstandingofScienceforfouryears.Heistheauthorof,amongothers,TheUnnaturalNatureofScience,MalignantSadnessandSixImpossibleThingsbeforeBreakfast.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

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