Life through time and space /

We all had three origins: the origin of our own individual life, the origin of life on Earth, and the origin of our planetary home from a universe that initially had neither stars nor planets. This book tells the stories of these three origins and the evolutionary processes connected with them. It t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Arthur, Wallace (Author)
Other Authors: Arthur, Stephen (Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Life > Origin.
Evolution.
Human evolution.
Life on other planets.
Exobiology.
Developmental biology.
Extraterrestrial anthropology.
Vie > Origines.
Évolution.
Homme > Évolution.
Vie extraterrestre.
Exobiologie.
Biologie du développement.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
SCIENCE / Astronomy
Extraterrestrial beings.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. From stars to embryos: Galaxy gazing
  • Handy humans and other protopeople
  • A human with no nerves
  • II. Cycles of life: From celestial furnaces
  • Life cycles: animals versus stars
  • The moment of conception
  • III. In the beginning: A universe begins
  • The opposite of a whimper
  • Our internal evolution
  • IV. Structures and functions: Spacious heavens
  • The ecological theater
  • Becoming an adult
  • V. From boulders to brains: Rubble around the sun
  • The very first animals
  • Here comes the brain
  • VI. Milestones of discovery: Exoplanets and aliens
  • From Darwin to Darwinism
  • Analyzing the embryo
  • VII. Endings and enlightenment: The end of the world
  • Extinction and how to avoid it
  • From embryo to enlightenment.

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