Coming To Life

Coming To Life
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Publisher : Kales Press
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : 0967007674
ISBN-13 : 9780967007670
Rating : 4/5 (670 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Coming To Life by : Volhard Christiane Nusslein

Download or read book Coming To Life written by Volhard Christiane Nusslein and published by Kales Press. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, winner of The Nobel Prize in Medicine, gives a concise and illustrative overview of genetics, evolution, and cellular processes as well as a discussing of current ethical issues in human biology. Coming to Life is a remarkable journey through developmental biology that reveals miraculous processes in the microscopic world of cells. Through an accounting of groundbreaking discoveries, Christiane Nusslein-Volhard tells us many answers to historical and contemporary questions in science. For example, she brings us the newest knowledge about embryonic forms, explains the genetic mechanisms that influence adult development of all animals, and shares insights into the ethical standards society moist uphold in the face of new scientific discoveries. As the author leads us from laboratory research to its applications in human beings, we also come to understand why children look like their parents, how an embryonic cell knows to become an eye rather than an eyelash, and other incredible influences hat result in variety in life. Complete with her own hand-drawn illustrations, Coming to Life gives a rare opportunity to understand a Nobel Prize-winner's passion for science in concise, understandable language. 55 b/w illustrations.


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