Prokaryotology

Author : Sorin Sonea,Léo G. Mathieu
Publisher : PUM
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9782760617568

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Prokaryotology by Sorin Sonea,Léo G. Mathieu Pdf

Prokaryotes are profoundly original, highly efficient microorganisms that have played a decisive role in the evolution of life on Earth. Although disjunct, taken together their cells form one global superorganism or biological system. One of the results of their non-Darwinian evolution has been the development of enormous diversity and bio-energetic variety. Prokaryotic cells possess standardized mechanisms for easy gene exchanges (lateral gene transfer) and they can behave like receiving and broadcasting stations for genetic material. Ultimately, the result is a global communication system based on the prokaryotic hereditary patrimony, by analogy, a two-billion-year-old world wide web for their benefit. Eukaryotes have evolved from the association of at least three complementary prokaryotic cells, and their subsequent development has been enriched and accelerated by symbioses with other prokaryotes. One of these symbioses was responsible for the origin of vascular plants which transformed vast sections of the continental surface of the Earth from deserts to areas with luxuriant, life-supporting vegetation. All forms of life on our planet are directly or indirectly sustained and enriched by the positive contribution of prokaryotes. Sorin Sonea and L�o G. Mathieu have been professors at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Faculty of Medicine) at the Universit� de Montr�al. They have long been advocates of the ideas presented in this book.

Author : Léo G. Mathieu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1459306120

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Prokaryotology: A Coherent Point of View by Léo G. Mathieu Pdf

Author : Frank P Ryan
Publisher : FPR-Books Ltd
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781874082408

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The Doomsday Genie by Frank P Ryan Pdf

The Doomsday Genie is a fast-paced action thriller by bestselling writer, Frank P. Ryan. Set in America, it describes the desperate response of a small group of heroes to a presumed W.M.D. attack featuring a genetically engineered bioweapon. It is grounded on real understanding of modern science as you would expect from a bestselling author who is also happens to be a gold-medallist physician and distinguished biological scientist. Ryan came to widespread acclaim with thrillers such as Goodbye Baby Blue and Tiger Tiger. His The Forgotten Plague was a Book of the Year for the New York Times, Virus X was an Amazon com best-seller and Darwin's Blind Spot was the Amazon Featured Book recommended by Charlie Munger at the 2003 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. His books have been translated into many languages and have been the subject of more than a dozen television features and documentaries.

Author : Ramón Margalef
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Freshwater ecology
ISBN : UCSD:31822023310683

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Limnology Now by Ramón Margalef Pdf

Limnologists from many different countries have contributed to this volume which offers the current knowledge, present objectives and future perspectives of the most important issues in modern Limnology. The book stresses in particular the role of inland waters as a link between the continental, or terrestrial, and the oceanic parts of the biosphere; it will be of great value to all limnologists, ecologists and environmental scientists.

Author : M. Hird
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230242210

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The Origins of Sociable Life: Evolution After Science Studies by M. Hird Pdf

This ambitious book considers social scientific topics such as identity, community, sexual difference, self, and ecology from a microbial perspective. Harnessing research and evidence from earth systems science and microbiology, and particularly focusing on symbiosis and symbiogenesis, the book argues for the development of a microontology of life.

Author : Aaron Gross,Anne Vallely
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231152976

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Animals and the Human Imagination by Aaron Gross,Anne Vallely Pdf

This interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collection reflects the growth of animal studies as an independent field and the rise of 'animality' as a critical lens through which to analyze society and culture, on par with race and gender.

Author : Jonathan Daly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350066151

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The Rise of Western Power by Jonathan Daly Pdf

In this second edition of The Rise of Western Power, Jonathan Daly retains the broad sweep of his introduction to the history of Western civilization as well as introducing new material into every chapter, enhancing the book's global coverage and engaging with the latest historical debates. The West's history is one of extraordinary success: no other region, empire, culture, or civilization has left so powerful a mark upon the world. Daly charts the West's achievements-representative government, the free enterprise system, modern science, and the rule of law-as well as its misdeeds: two World Wars, the Holocaust, imperialistic domination, and the Atlantic slave trade. Taking us through a series of revolutions, he explores the contributions of other cultures and civilizations to the West's emergence, weaving in historical, geographical, and cultural factors. The new edition also contains more material on themes such as the environment and gender, and additional coverage of India, China and the Islamic world. Daly's engaging narrative is accompanied by timelines, maps and further reading suggestions, along with a companion website featuring study questions, over 100 primary sources and 60 historical maps to enable further study.

Author : Lynn Margulis,Michael J. Chapman
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080920146

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Kingdoms and Domains by Lynn Margulis,Michael J. Chapman Pdf

Now published by Academic Press and revised from the author's previous Five Kingdoms Third edition, this extraordinary, all inclusive catalogue of the world’s living organisms describes the diversity of the major groups, or phyla, of nature’s most inclusive taxa. Developed after consultation with specialists, this modern classification scheme is consistent both with the fossil record and with recent molecular, morphological and metabolic data. Generously illustrated, now in full color, Kingdoms and Domains is remarkably easy to read. It accesses the full range of life forms that still inhabit our planet and logically and explicitly classifies them according to their evolutionary relationships. Definitive characteristics of each phylum are professionally described in ways that, unlike most scientific literature, profoundly respect the needs of educators, students and nature lovers. This work is meant to be of interest to all evolutionists as well as to conservationists, ecologists, genomicists, geographers, microbiologists, museum curators, oceanographers, paleontologists and especially nature lovers whether artists, gardeners or environmental activists. Kingdoms and Domains is a unique and indispensable reference for anyone intrigued by a planetary phenomenon: the spectacular diversity of life, both microscopic and macroscopic, as we know it only on Earth today. New Foreword by Edward O. Wilson The latest concepts of molecular systematics, symbiogenesis, and the evolutionary importance of microbes Newly expanded chapter openings that define each kingdom and place its members in context in geological time and ecological space Definitions of terms in the glossary and throughout the book Ecostrips, illustrations that place organisms in their most likely environments such as deep sea vents, tropical forests, deserts or hot sulfur springs A new table that compares features of the most inclusive taxa Application of a logical, authoritative, inclusive and coherent overall classification scheme based on evolutionary principles

Author : Patrick Kangas
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780203486542

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Ecological Engineering by Patrick Kangas Pdf

Less expensive and more environmentally appropriate than conventional engineering approaches, constructed ecosystems are a promising technology for environmental problem solving. Undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals need an introductory text that details the biology and ecology of this rapidly developing discipline, known as

Author : Bruce Clarke
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781452963303

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Gaian Systems by Bruce Clarke Pdf

A groundbreaking look at Gaia theory’s intersections with neocybernetic systems theory Often seen as an outlier in science, Gaia has run a long and varied course since its formulation in the 1970s by atmospheric chemist James Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis. Gaian Systems is a pioneering exploration of the dynamic and complex evolution of Gaia’s many variants, with special attention to Margulis’s foundational role in these developments. Bruce Clarke assesses the different dialects of systems theory brought to bear on Gaia discourse. Focusing in particular on Margulis’s work—including multiple pieces of her unpublished Gaia correspondence—he shows how her research and that of Lovelock was concurrent and conceptually parallel with the new discourse of self-referential systems that emerged within neocybernetic systems theory. The recent Gaia writings of Donna Haraway, Isabelle Stengers, and Bruno Latour contest its cybernetic status. Clarke engages Latour on the issue of Gaia’s systems description and extends his own systems-theoretical synthesis under what he terms “metabiotic Gaia.” This study illuminates current issues in neighboring theoretical conversations—from biopolitics and the immunitary paradigm to NASA astrobiology and the Anthropocene. Along the way, he points to science fiction as a vehicle of Gaian thought. Delving into many issues not previously treated in accounts of Gaia, Gaian Systems describes the history of a theory that has the potential to help us survive an environmental crisis of our own making.

Author : Lynn Margulis,Michael Dolan
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0763714631

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Early Life by Lynn Margulis,Michael Dolan Pdf

Early life attempts to tell the stories of primitive life. The text conveys some of the excitement in the current attempts to reconstruct the opening chapters of life on the planet Earth, long before the appearance of the simplest animal or plant.

Author : Niles Eldredge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781576077443

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Life on Earth [2 volumes] by Niles Eldredge Pdf

An examination of nature's extraordinary biological diversity and the human activities that threaten it. Life on Earth: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution tackles the critical issue for humanity in the 21st century—our ever more menacing impact on the environment. This two-volume, illustrated set, edited by American Museum of Natural History curator Niles Eldredge, begins with biodiversity, the complex planetary web of life that has emerged through three billion years of evolution. How does it work? And why is its continued health critical to the planet and to ourselves? More than 50 top scholars examine every form of life from amoebae to elephants, from plankton to whales. But Life on Earth is more than a catalog of species. An A–Z survey explores the myriad ways humanity is diminishing that biodiversity, from industrialization to natural habitat destruction, from overpopulation in the developing world to an unsustainable consumer lifestyle in the West. Life on Earth is the essential reference work for anyone curious about our planet's extraordinary diversity of life and the unprecedented threats it faces.

Author : Lynn Margulis,Dorion Sagan
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781933392318

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Dazzle Gradually by Lynn Margulis,Dorion Sagan Pdf

Author : Hector C. Sabelli
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789812561039

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Bios by Hector C. Sabelli Pdf

This book focuses on a prototype of creative causal processes termed BIOS and how the concept can be applied to the physical world, in medicine and in social science. This book presents methods for identifying creative features in empirical data; studies showing biotic patterns in physical, biological, and economic processes; mathematical models of bipolar (positive and negative) feedback that generate biotic patterns. These studies support the hypothesis that natural processes are creative (not determined) and causal (not random) and that bipolar feedback plays a major role in their evolution. Simple processes precede, coexist, constitute and surround the complex systems they generate (priority of the simple). In turn, complex processes feedback and transform simpler ones (supremacy of the complex).

Author : Stephen Henry Schneider
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0262194988

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Scientists Debate Gaia by Stephen Henry Schneider Pdf

Leading scientists bring the controversy over Gaia up to date by exploring a broad range of recent thinking on Gaia theory.