| How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells Contributor(s): Wolpert, Lewis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393339386 ISBN-13: 9780393339383 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Cell Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology - Science | Life Sciences - Molecular Biology |
| Dewey: 571.6 |
| LCCN: 2009009718 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.61" W x 8.2" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Everything about our existence-movement and memory, imagination and reproduction, birth, and ultimately death-is governed by our cells. They are the basis of all life in the universe, from bacteria to the most complex animals. In the tradition of the classic Lives of a Cell, but with the benefit of the latest research, Lewis Wolpert demonstrates how human life grows from a single cell into a body, an incredibly complex society of billions of cells. Wolpert goes on to examine the science behind topics that are much discussed but rarely understood--stem-cell research, cloning, DNA, cancer--and explains how all life on earth evolved from just one cell. Lively and passionate, this is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and life itself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wolpert, Lewis: - Lewis Wolpert is Professor Emeritus of Biology as Applied to Medicine at University College, London. His books include Six Impossible Things before Breakfast, How We Live and Why We Die, and Malignant Sadness, the basis for a BBC television series. |