Liaisons of Life
From Hornworts to Hippos, How the Unassuming Microbe Has Driven Evolution
Seiten
2002
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-44152-6 (ISBN)
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-44152-6 (ISBN)
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A fascinating exploration of the microworld of bacteria and other microscopic creatures, this book offers a compelling defense of symbiosis, a theory of life long denounced by biologists but which is now groing in popularity, forcing scientists to rethink the Darwinian theory of evolution.
A fascinating exploration of symbiosis at the microscopic level and its radical extension of Darwinism Microbes have long been considered dangerous and disgusting-in short, "scum." But by forming mutually beneficial relationships with nearly every creature, be it alga with animals or zooplankton with zebrafish, microbes have in fact been innovative players in the evolutionary process. Now biologist and award-winning science writer Tom Wakeford shows us this extraordinary process at work. He takes us to such far-flung locales as underwater volcanoes, African termite mounds, the belly of a cow and even the gaps between our teeth, and there introduces us to a microscopic world at turns bizarre, seductive, and frightening, but ever responsible for advancing life in our macroscopic world. In doing so he also justifies the courage and vision of a series of scientists-from a young Beatrix Potter to Lynn Margulis-who were persecuted for believing evolution is as much a matter of interdependence and cooperation as it is great too-little-told tales of evolutionary science.
A fascinating exploration of symbiosis at the microscopic level and its radical extension of Darwinism Microbes have long been considered dangerous and disgusting-in short, "scum." But by forming mutually beneficial relationships with nearly every creature, be it alga with animals or zooplankton with zebrafish, microbes have in fact been innovative players in the evolutionary process. Now biologist and award-winning science writer Tom Wakeford shows us this extraordinary process at work. He takes us to such far-flung locales as underwater volcanoes, African termite mounds, the belly of a cow and even the gaps between our teeth, and there introduces us to a microscopic world at turns bizarre, seductive, and frightening, but ever responsible for advancing life in our macroscopic world. In doing so he also justifies the courage and vision of a series of scientists-from a young Beatrix Potter to Lynn Margulis-who were persecuted for believing evolution is as much a matter of interdependence and cooperation as it is great too-little-told tales of evolutionary science.
TOM WAKEFORD, Ph.D., is a biologist and writer based at the University of Sussex, U.K. He is also the author of Science for the Earth, published by Wiley.
Introduction. Beatrix versus the Botanists. The Wood Wide Web. Hidden Gardens of Atlantis. Bedbugs and Bubble Boys. Atoms of Revolution. Rewriting Genesis. New Gardeners of Eden. Further Reading. Acknowledgments. Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.4.2002 |
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Zusatzinfo | Ill. |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 142 x 217 mm |
Gewicht | 316 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-471-44152-X / 047144152X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-44152-6 / 9780471441526 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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