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What Is Regeneration? (Paperback)
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What Is Regeneration? (Paperback)
Series: Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory
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Two historians and philosophers of science offer an essential
primer on the meaning and limits of regeneration. In punishment for
his stealing fire, the Greek gods chained Prometheus to a rock,
where every day an eagle plucked out his liver, and every night the
liver regenerated. While Prometheus may be a figure of myth,
scholars today ask whether ancient Greeks knew that the human liver
does, in fact, have a special capacity to regenerate. Some organs
and tissues can regenerate, while others cannot, and some organisms
can regenerate more fully and more easily than others. Cut an
earthworm in half, and two wiggly worms may confront you. Cut off
the head of a hydra, and it may grow a new head. Cut off a human
arm, and the human will be missing an arm. Why the differences?
What are the limits of regeneration, and how, when, and why does it
occur? In this book, historians and philosophers of science Jane
Maienschein and Kate MacCord explore biological regeneration,
delving into a topic of increasing interest in light of
regenerative medicine, new tools in developmental and neurobiology,
and the urgent need to understand and repair damage to ecosystems
brought on by climate change. Looking across scales, from germ,
nerve, and stem cells to individual organisms and complex systems,
this short and accessible introduction poses a range of deep and
provocative questions: What conditions allow some damaged
microbiomes to regenerate where others do not? Why are forests
following a fire said to regenerate sometimes but not always? And
in the face of climate change in the era called the Anthropocene,
can the planet regenerate to become healthy again, or will the
global ecosystem collapse?
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory |
Release date: |
April 2022 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Jane Maienschein
• Kate MacCord
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-81656-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Biology, life sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-226-81656-7 |
Barcode: |
9780226816562 |
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