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Bioverse - How the Cellular World Contains the Secrets to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
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Bioverse - How the Cellular World Contains the Secrets to Life's Biggest Questions (Hardcover)
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For as long as humans have been on Earth, we have looked up to the
stars for clues to our own existence. Medical doctor and
evolutionary biologist William B. Miller, Jr. suggests that we may
find more meaningful solutions at the end of a microscope rather
than a telescope. Using powerful analogies and exacting science,
Bioverse explores the wonders of the perpetual partnership between
our personal cells and the microbial world, resulting in an
entirely new view of our living planet. To understand life in all
its varieties, we must undertake to understand our cells. While the
partnership between our cells and our microbes has largely been
thought of as that of "host" and "guest," Miller reveals the true
partnership under which both our microbial fraction and our own
personal cells conduct a life-long dialogue, redefining our
traditional conceptions of intelligence and problem-solving. This
radical new approach explains exactly how our human choices are
centered within the same cellular rules that enable our cells to
seamlessly sustain our lives. We are now entering the "Era of the
Cell," a time in history during which medical and scientific
innovations have spurred growth far beyond ever imagined by our
ancestors. For the first time, we are not only building machines to
enhance our lives but engineering living organisms to assist our
futures. From the biological origins of evolution to the invention
of the compound microscope by a Dutch lens maker in the 17th
century, to new research that reveals surprising links between our
microbiome and our moods and behavior, and surprising stories of
the cellular world from the deepest oceans, wildest jungles, and
outer reaches of our solar system, Miller introduces readers to a
greater understanding of our impact on the planet and the world's
reciprocal impact on each of us. By exploring the extent of our
deeply integrated cellular world, Bioverse provides profound
insights about ourselves, our health and well-being, our social
systems, and our permanent relationship to the planet and the
cosmos.
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