In Search Of Cell History
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In Search Of Cell History
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Author : Franklin M. Harold
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-10-29
In Search Of Cell History written by Franklin M. Harold and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-29 with Science categories.
The origin of cells remains one of the most fundamental problems in biology, one that over the past two decades has spawned a large body of research and debate. In this book, the author offers a comprehensive, impartial take on that research and the controversies that keep the field in turmoil.
On Life
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Author : Franklin M. Harold
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-17
On Life written by Franklin M. Harold and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-17 with Science categories.
Franklin M. Harold's On Life reveals what science can tell us about the living world. All creatures, from bacteria and redwoods to garden snails and humans, belong to a single biochemical family. We all operate by the same principles and are all made up of cells, either one or many. We flaunt capacities that far exceed those of inanimate matter, yet we stand squarely within the material world. So what is life, anyway? How do living things function, and how did they come into existence? Questions like these have baffled philosophers and scientists since antiquity, but over the past half-century answers have begun to emerge. Offering an inside look, Franklin M. Harold makes life accessible to readers interested in the biological big picture. The book traces how living things operate, focusing on the interplay of biology with physics and chemistry. He asserts that biology stands apart from the physical sciences because life revolves around organization-- that is, purposeful order. On Life aims to make life intelligible by giving readers an understanding of the biological landscape; it sketches the principles as biologists presently understand them and highlights major unresolved issues. What emerges is a biology bracketed by two stubborn mysteries: the nature of the mind and the origin of life. This portrait of biology is comprehensible but inescapably complex, internally consistent, and buttressed by a wealth of factual knowledge.
Concepts In Cell Biology History And Evolution
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Author : Vaidurya Pratap Sahi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-03-01
Concepts In Cell Biology History And Evolution written by Vaidurya Pratap Sahi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-01 with Science categories.
This book discusses central concepts and theories in cell biology from the ancient past to the 21st century, based on the premise that understanding the works of scientists like Hooke, Hofmeister, Caspary, Strasburger, Sachs, Schleiden, Schwann, Mendel, Nemec, McClintock, etc. in the context of the latest advances in plant cell biology will help provide valuable new insights. Plants have been an object of study since the roots of the Greek, Chinese and Indian cultures. Since the term “cell” was first coined by Robert Hooke, 350 years ago in Micrographia, the study of plant cell biology has moved ahead at a tremendous pace. The field of cell biology owes its genesis to physics, which through microscopy has been a vital source for piquing scientists’ interest in the biology of the cell. Today, with the technical advances we have made in the field of optics, it is even possible to observe life on a nanoscale. From Hooke’s observations of cells and his inadvertent discovery of the cell wall, we have since moved forward to engineering plants with modified cell walls. Studies on the chloroplast have also gone from Julius von Sachs’ experiments with chloroplast, to using chloroplast engineering to deliver higher crop yields. Similarly, advances in fluorescent microscopy have made it far easier to observe organelles like chloroplast (once studied by Sachs) or actin (observed by Bohumil Nemec). If physics in the form of cell biology has been responsible for one half of this historical development, biochemistry has surely been the other.
Micrographia
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Author : Robert Hooke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1665
Micrographia written by Robert Hooke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1665 with Hair categories.
The Cells Of The Body
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Author : Henry Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Cells Of The Body written by Henry Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Psychology categories.
This book is the first scholarly history of research into the genetics of body cells, from its origins in the 19th century to the present day. Henry Harris, a well-known writer and a distinguished investigator in cell biology and cancer genetics, brings an unusually informed perspective to the technical aspects of his subject. He has written a book to be enjoyed not just by professional historians of science, but by working scientists in genetics, cell biology, and cancer research, from the graduate student level upwards. Its readers will derive a richer understanding of how and why the cells of the body are studied in the way that they are today.
The Search For Human Chromosomes
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Author : Wilson John Wall
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-12-11
The Search For Human Chromosomes written by Wilson John Wall and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-11 with Science categories.
This book is a broadly historical account of a remarkable and very exciting scientific story–the search for the number of human chromosomes. It covers the processes and people, culminating in the realization that discovering the number of human chromosomes brought as much benefit as unraveling the genetic code itself. With the exception of red blood cells, which have no nucleus and therefore no DNA, and sex cells, humans have 46 chromosomes in every single cell. Not only do chromosomes carry all of the genes that code our inheritance, they also carry them in a specific order. It is essential that the number and structure of chromosomes remains intact, in order to pass on the correct amount of DNA to succeeding generations and for the cells to survive. Knowing the number of human chromosomes has provided a vital diagnostic tool in the prenatal diagnosis of genetic disorders, and the search for this number and developing an understanding of what it means are the focus of this book.
The Center Of Life
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Author : L. L. Larison Cudmore
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 1977
The Center Of Life written by L. L. Larison Cudmore and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Cytology categories.
Single Cell Based Models In Biology And Medicine
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Author : Alexander Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-08-08
Single Cell Based Models In Biology And Medicine written by Alexander Anderson and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-08 with Mathematics categories.
Aimed at postgraduate students in a variety of biology-related disciplines, this volume presents a collection of mathematical and computational single-cell-based models and their application. The main sections cover four general model groupings: hybrid cellular automata, cellular potts, lattice-free cells, and viscoelastic cells. Each section is introduced by a discussion of the applicability of the particular modelling approach and its advantages and disadvantages, which will make the book suitable for students starting research in mathematical biology as well as scientists modelling multicellular processes.
Visions Of Cell Biology
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Author : Karl S. Matlin
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-01-19
Visions Of Cell Biology written by Karl S. Matlin and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-19 with Science categories.
Although modern cell biology is often considered to have arisen following World War II in tandem with certain technological and methodological advances—in particular, the electron microscope and cell fractionation—its origins actually date to the 1830s and the development of cytology, the scientific study of cells. By 1924, with the publication of Edmund Vincent Cowdry’s General Cytology, the discipline had stretched beyond the bounds of purely microscopic observation to include the chemical, physical, and genetic analysis of cells. Inspired by Cowdry’s classic, watershed work, this book collects contributions from cell biologists, historians, and philosophers of science to explore the history and current status of cell biology. Despite extraordinary advances in describing both the structure and function of cells, cell biology tends to be overshadowed by molecular biology, a field that developed contemporaneously. This book remedies that unjust disparity through an investigation of cell biology’s evolution and its role in pushing forward the boundaries of biological understanding. Contributors show that modern concepts of cell organization, mechanistic explanations, epigenetics, molecular thinking, and even computational approaches all can be placed on the continuum of cell studies from cytology to cell biology and beyond. The first book in the series Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Visions of Cell Biology sheds new light on a century of cellular discovery.
The Lives Of A Cell
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Author : Lewis Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1978-02-23
The Lives Of A Cell written by Lewis Thomas and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-02-23 with Science categories.
Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things. Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this provocative book explores in personal, poetic essays to topics such as computers, germs, language, music, death, insects, and medicine. Lewis Thomas writes, "Once you have become permanently startled, as I am, by the realization that we are a social species, you tend to keep an eye out for the pieces of evidence that this is, by and large, good for us."