Serengeti Rules (eBook)

The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters - With a new Q&A with the author

Sean B. Carroll (Autor)

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2017 | With a new Q&A with the author
288 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8554-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, writer, educator, and executive producer. He is vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include Endless Forms Most Beautiful, Brave Genius, and Remarkable Creatures, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction.

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Now the subject of an Emmy Awardwinning film the New York Times calls spellbindingHow does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon.One of the most important revelations about the natural world is that everything is regulatedthere are rules that regulate the amount of every molecule in our bodies and rules that govern the numbers of every animal and plant in the wild. And the most surprising revelation about the rules that regulate life at such different scales is that they are remarkably similarthere is a common underlying logic of life. Carroll recounts how our deep knowledge of the rules and logic of the human body has spurred the advent of revolutionary life-saving medicines, and makes the compelling case that it is now time to use the Serengeti Rules to heal our ailing planet.A bold and inspiring synthesis by one of our most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers, The Serengeti Rules is the first book to illuminate how life works at vastly different scales. Read it and you will never look at the world the same way again.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.3.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 26 halftones. 18 line illus. 1 map.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Active Site • Adrenal gland • Agriculture • algae • algal bloom • apex predator • Baboon • Bacteria • biologist • Biology • Biomass (ecology) • Brown planthopper • cancer cell • carnivore • cattle • cell type • chessboard • Cholesterol • chromosome • circulatory system • Cortisol • Cownose ray • crustacean • Daphnia • Digestion • Disease • Drought • drug development • Dry season • Ecology • ecosystem • Enzyme • Enzyme inhibitor • Escherichia coli • floodplain • Food Chain • fungus • Gorongosa National Park • Growth curve (biology) • Herbivore • homeostasis • Hormone • Human gastrointestinal tract • Illustration • inducer • insect • insecticide • Insulin • keystone species • Laetoli • largemouth bass • Lemming • leukemia • Maize • Mammal • manure • Minnow • Molecular Biology • Molecule • Mussel • Mutation • northern pike • nutrient • Oncogene • Oncovirus • optimism • Oral History • organism • Oribi • pathogen • Penicillin • Pesticide • Physician • Physiology • Phytoplankton • Plankton • Planthopper • poaching • predation • Princeton University Press • Protein • Rainforest • Repressor • Rinderpest • scallop • Scientist • sea otter • Sea Urchin • Smallpox • Spitsbergen • Statin • Tourism • Toxicology • trophic cascade • Trophic level • Vegetation • Waterbuck • wildlife • year • Yellowstone National Park
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8554-X / 140088554X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8554-1 / 9781400885541