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Secret Chambers - The inside story of cells and complex life (Paperback)
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Secret Chambers - The inside story of cells and complex life (Paperback)
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Price R242
Discovery Miles 2 420
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In the follow up to Darwin's Lost World, Martin Brasier introduces
the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a
series of journeys it emerges that the modern plant cell is one of
the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in the whole history of
life. Decoding this puzzle is a great adventure that has mainly
taken place over the last half century. Brasier puts the big
questions into context through lively descriptions of his
explorations around the world, from the Caribbean Sea and the
Egyptian pyramids, to the shores of the great lakes in Canada, and
to the reefs and deserts of Australia. Covering the period from 1
to 2 billion years ago - a period he once dubbed 'the boring
billion' - he demonstrates how it in fact involved great
evolutionary potential with the formation of the complex
(eukaryotic) cell. Without this cell there would be nothing on
Earth today except bacteria, and the formation of this cell was a
fundamental turning point in the history of life on Earth. Weaving
together several threads, Brasier emphasizes the importance of
single-celled forms to marine ecosystems; symbiosis and coral
reefs; and the architecture and beauty of single-celled
Foraminifera and what they tell us about evolution. From a master
storyteller comes a vivid description of the earliest biological
forms and a set of fascinating tales of travels and research.
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