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Cells to civilizations : principles of change that shape life / Enrico Coen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400841653
  • 1400841658
  • 0691165602
  • 9780691165608
  • 9781280493997
  • 1280493992
  • 9786613589224
  • 6613589225
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cells to civilizations.DDC classification:
  • 576.8 23
LOC classification:
  • QH501 .C63 2012eb
NLM classification:
  • 2012 E-792
  • QH 501
Online resources:
Contents:
A recipe for change -- Loops and lotteries -- From genes to ecosystems -- Conversations of an embryo -- Completing the picture -- History in the making -- Humble responses -- The neural sibyl -- Learning through action -- Seeing as -- Framing recipes -- The crucible of culture -- The Grand Cycle.
Summary: Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself--from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a child who learns to walk and talk? Award-winning scientist Enrico Coen synthesizes the growth of living systems and creative processes, and he reveals that the four great life transformations--evolution, development, learning, and human culture--while typically understood separately, actually all revolve around shared core principles a.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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A recipe for change -- Loops and lotteries -- From genes to ecosystems -- Conversations of an embryo -- Completing the picture -- History in the making -- Humble responses -- The neural sibyl -- Learning through action -- Seeing as -- Framing recipes -- The crucible of culture -- The Grand Cycle.

Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself--from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a child who learns to walk and talk? Award-winning scientist Enrico Coen synthesizes the growth of living systems and creative processes, and he reveals that the four great life transformations--evolution, development, learning, and human culture--while typically understood separately, actually all revolve around shared core principles a.

English.

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