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How We Live and Why We Die : The Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert (2009, Hardcover)

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393072215

ISBN-139780393072211

eBay Product ID (ePID)72675228

Product Key Features

Book TitleHow We Live and Why We Die : the Secret Lives of Cells

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicLife Sciences / Molecular Biology, Life Sciences / Cell Biology

GenreScience

AuthorLewis Wolpert

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-009718

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal571.6

SynopsisEverything 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 the tiniest bacteria to the most complex animals. In the tradition of the classic Lives of a Cell, but with the benefit of the latest research, internationally acclaimed embryologist Lewis Wolpert demonstrates how human life derives from a single cell and then grows into a body, an incredibly complex society made up of billions of them. When we age, our cells cannot repair the damage they have undergone; when we get ill, it is because cells are so damaged they stop working and die. Wolpert examines the science behind topics that are much discussed but rarely understood stem cell research, cloning, DNA, mutating cancer cells and explains how all life evolved from just one cell. Lively and passionate, this is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and life itself.", 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 the tiniest bacteria to the most complex animals. In the tradition of the classic Lives of a Cell, but with the benefit of the latest research, internationally acclaimed embryologist Lewis Wolpert demonstrates how human life derives from a single cell and then grows into a body, an incredibly complex society made up of billions of them. When we age, our cells cannot repair the damage they have undergone; when we get ill, it is because cells are so damaged they stop working and die. Wolpert examines the science behind topics that are much discussed but rarely understood--stem cell research, cloning, DNA, mutating cancer cells--and explains how all life evolved from just one cell. Lively and passionate, this is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and life itself., Biologist Lewis Wolpert eloquently narrates the basics of human life through the lens of its smallest component--the cell., 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 the tiniest bacteria to the most complex animals. In the tradition of the classic Lives of a Cell , but with the benefit of the latest research, internationally acclaimed embryologist Lewis Wolpert demonstrates how human life derives from a single cell and then grows into a body, an incredibly complex society made up of billions of them. When we age, our cells cannot repair the damage they have undergone; when we get ill, it is because cells are so damaged they stop working and die. Wolpert examines the science behind topics that are much discussed but rarely understood--stem cell research, cloning, DNA, mutating cancer cells--and explains how all life evolved from just one cell. Lively and passionate, this is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and life itself.

LC Classification NumberQH582.4.W65 2009