How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells

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 bacteria to the most complex animals. In the tradition of the classic Lives of a Cell, but with the benefit of the latest research, Lewis Wolpert demonstrates how human life grows from a single cell into a body, an incredibly complex society of billions of cells. Wolpert goes on to examine the science behind topics that are much discussed but rarely understood--stem-cell research, cloning, DNA, cancer--and explains how all life on earth evolved from just one cell. Lively and passionate, this is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and life itself.

Author: Lewis Wolpert
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 01/24/2011
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.61w x 0.66d
ISBN13: 9780393339383
ISBN10: 0393339386
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences | Cell Biology
- Science | Life Sciences | Human Anatomy & Physiology