Endless Endings
The Many Forms of Death and What They Teach Us About Life
$63.37
- Hardcover
200 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
A scientific exploration of the varied forms, origins, and meanings of death.
While death may be one of life’s most predictable surprises, it has also proved itself to be one of the most fascinating and cutting-edge areas of scientific inquiry. Our bodies and lives tell a story of cellular creation and destruction that can be traced back to Earth’s primordial oceans. Yet when we follow the interwoven thread of beginnings and endings in an effort to discover death’s or…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691276274 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691276277 |
| Author: | Ricard Solé, Eduardo Aparicio |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“This brief book lures readers into contemplating decay and demise on a broad scale, encompassing cells and organisms and entire species, machines and information, languages and cities, even stars.”—Tony Miksanek, Booklist
Ricard Solé
Ricard Solé is an ICREA Research Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, where he heads the Complex Systems Lab. He is also an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of Phase Transitions and coauthor of Viruses as Complex Adaptive Systems, Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems, and Signs of Life.
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