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Live Long and Evolve - What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds (Hardcover)
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Live Long and Evolve - What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds (Hardcover)
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List price R685
Loot Price R518
Discovery Miles 5 180
You Save R167 (24%)
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An engaging journey into the biological principles underpinning a
beloved science-fiction franchise In Star Trek, crew members travel
to unusual planets, meet diverse beings, and encounter unique
civilizations. Throughout these remarkable space adventures, does
Star Trek reflect biology and evolution as we know it? What can the
science in the science fiction of Star Trek teach us? In Live Long
and Evolve, biologist and die-hard Trekkie Mohamed Noor takes
readers on a fun, fact-filled scientific journey. Noor offers
Trekkies, science-fiction fans, and anyone curious about how life
works a cosmic gateway into introductory biology, including the
definitions and origins of life, DNA, reproduction, and
evolutionary processes, such as natural selection and genetic
drift. For instance, he shows how the rapid change in a population
of nanite robots follows basic principles of natural selection that
apply to species on Earth. He explains how certain creatures
depicted in the series are bisexual, not asexual, and what
evolutionary advantage that difference provides. And he considers
factors that affect successful interspecies mating and delves into
what keeps species distinct. Noor discusses the importance of
research and how Star Trek has influenced scientists to engage in
cutting-edge work. Giving readers irresistible and entertaining
insights, Live Long and Evolve looks at some of the powerful
science behind one of the most popular and longest-running
science-fiction series.
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