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EBOOK Secret Chambers:The inside story of cells and complex life

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191633744
EAN: FC3736CCEB
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Stron: 320
Data wydania: 2012
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In the follow up to Darwin's Lost World, Martin Brasier book introduces the quest        for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a series of journeys it        emerges that the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely        steps in the whole history of life.Decoding this puzzle is a great adventure that        has mainly taken place over the last half century. Brasier puts the big questions        into context through lively descriptions of his explorations around the world, from        the Caribbean Sea and the Egyptian pyramids, to the shores of the great lakes in        Canada, andto the reefs and deserts of Australia.Covering the period from 1 to 2        billion years ago - a period he once dubbed 'the boring billion' - he demonstrates        how it in fact involved great evolutionary potential with the formation of the        complex (eukaryotic) cell. Without this cell there would be nothing on Earth today        except bacteria, and the formation of this cell was a fundamental turning point in        the history of life on Earth.Weaving together several threads, Brasier emphasises        the importance of single-celled forms to marine ecosystems; symbiosis and coral        reefs; and the architecture and beauty of single-celled Foraminifera and what they        tell us about evolution. From a master storyteller comes a vivid description of the        earliest biological forms and a set of fascinating tales of travels and        research.

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