How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells
By Lewis Wolpert.
Description
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 in...
ISBN(s)
0571239129, 9780571239122
