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Chimeras and Consciousness : Evolution of the Sensory Self /
Chimeras and Consciousness begins the inquiry into the evolution of the collective sensitivities of life. Scientist-scholars from a range of fields--including biochemistry, cell biology, history of science, family therapy, genetics, microbial ecology, and primatology--trace the emergence and evoluti...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Valuable viruses / Frank P. Ryan
- More like a waterfall / William Day
- Alarmones / Antonio Lazcano, Arturo Becerra, and Luis Delaye
- Early sensibilities / Kenneth H. Nealson
- Smart bacteria / Eshel Ben-Jacob, Yoash Shapira, and Alfred I. Tauber
- Ancient architects / Wolfgang E. Krumbein and Celeste A. Asikainen
- Others / Laurie Lassiter
- Nested communities / James MacAllister
- Cosmic rhythms of life / Bruce Scofield
- Life's tectonics / Paul D. Lowman Jr. and Nathan Currier
- Evolutionary illumination / Peter Warshall
- Symbiogenesis in Russia / Victor Fet
- From movement to sensation / John L. Hall and Lynn Margulis
- Packaging DNA / Andrew Maniotis
- Lemurs and split chromosomes / Robin Kolnicki
- Interspecies hybrids / Sonya E. Vickers and Donald I. Williamson
- Origins of the immune system / Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
- Medical symbiotics / Jessica Hope Whiteside and Dorion Sagan
- Animal consciousness / Gerhard Roth
- Brains and symbols / John Skoyles
- Thermodynamics and thought / Dorion Sagan
- "I know who you are, I know where you live" / Judith Masters
- Cultural networks / Luis Rico
- Bibliography
- Appendix A. Major groups of living organisms
- Appendix B. The international geological time scale.