Scientists’ understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists and science writers, Life explains just how far we’ve come—and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we’re heading. Freeman Dyson borrows from science fiction to contemplate real questions about what constitutes the stuff of life. Richard Dawkins and J. Craig Venter discuss the revelatory similarity of genes to digital information. Matt Ridley argues that nature and nurture are intricately intertwined. Steven Strogatz celebrates the spectacular mathematical synchronicity of fireflies. Edward O. Wilson reveals what ants can teach us about building a superorganism—and, in turn, about how cells build an organism. Elsewhere, David Haig reports new findings on how mothers and fathers individually influence the human genome, while Robert Trivers explores the opposing functions of the conscious and unconscious minds. And there’s much more in this fascinating volume. We may never have all the answers. But the thinkers collected in Life are asking questions that will keep us dreaming for generations.
The Solar System
Powell Arthur E.
Theosophical Publishing
Hidden Connections
Fritjof Capra
Harper Collins Publishers Limited
Other Minds The Octopus And The Evolution Of Intelligent Life
Peter Godfrey Smith
William Collins/Harper Collins Publishers
Lifespan Why We Age And Why We Don’t Have To Why We Age And Why We Don’t Have To
Dr David A. Sinclair
Thorsons
Guns Germs And Steel
Jared Diamond
Vintage Books/Penguin Random House Group
Behave The Biology Of Humans At Our Best And Worst
Robert Sapolsky
Sapiens A Brief History Of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
The Ten Types Of Human Who We Are And Who We Can Be
Dexter Dias
Penguin Random House Group
The Penguin Dictionary Of Biology Penguin Reference
M. Thain,M. Hickman
The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals Penguin Black Classics
Charles Darwin
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