Slanted Truths
Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis and Evolution
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2014
Summary
The author of this work is best known for her suggestion that mitochondria and chloroplasts, the energy-producing components of plant and animal cells, originally evolved as separate organisms and then merged with their host cells in a symbiotic union. She is also one of the founders, with James Lovelock, of the Gaia theory, the idea that the entire biosphere is a self-regulating meta-organism. This collection of essays explores the far-reaching implications of symbiosis as an evolutionary fo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780387987729 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 038798772X |
| Author: | Dorion Sagan, Lynn Margulis, P. Morrison |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Imprint: | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 605g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
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“Although admitting that many predictions of the Gaia Hypothesis remain unproven, Slanted Truths charts the rise of Gaia from obscurity to the pages of the world’s leading scientific journals.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution “Twenty-four reprinted essays … ranging from a memoir of J. Robert Oppenheimer through … to some reflections on science education.” Science
About The Author
Dorion Sagan
Lynn Margulis is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Dorion Sagan is the author of “Biospheres” and coauthor, with Lynn Margulis, of “What Is Life?” (1996).
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