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9780520210646

Microcosmos

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520210646

  • ISBN10:

    0520210646

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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BACK IN PRINT WITH A REVISED PREFACE Microcosmos brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneering research of Dr. Margulis to create a vivid new picture of the world that is crucial to our understanding of the future of the planet. Addressed to general readers, the book provides a beautifully written view of evolution as a process based on interdependency and thei nterconnectedness of all life on the planet.

Table of Contents

Foreword 9(4)
Lewis Thomas (1986)
Preface 13(12)
Acknowledgments 25(2)
Introduction: The Microcosm 27(12)
1. Out of the Cosmos
39(8)
2. The Animation of Matter
47(12)
3. The Language of Nature
59(10)
4. Entering the Microcosm
69(16)
5. Sex and Worldwide Genetic Exchange
85(14)
6. The Oxygen Holocaust
99(16)
7. New Cells
115(12)
8. Living Together
127(10)
9. The Symbiotic Brain
137(18)
10. The Riddle of Sex
155(12)
11. Late Bloomers: Animals and Plants
167(26)
12. Egocentric Man
193(42)
13. The Future Supercosm
235(42)
Notes 277(8)
Index 285

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