Secret chambers : the inside story of cells and complex life
M. D. Brasier (Author)
With vivid descriptions and master storytelling, Martin Brasier introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Covering the period from 1 to 2 billion years ago we explore the formation of the complex (eukaryotic) cell; and discover a fundamental turning point in the history of life on Earth.
xviii, 298 pàgines, [8] fulls de làmines : il·lustracions, mapes, retrats ; 20 cm
9780199644001, 9780199683499, 0199644004, 0199683492
1335803118
1. The Secret Chamber ; 2. The Gower Street Mystery ; 3. Sargasso ; 4. A Phantom Island ; 5. Mouth of the Dragon ; 6. Wheels of Fortune ; 7. Mangrove Tree ; 8. Riddle of the Sphinx ; 9. Gunflint ; 10. The Far from Boring Billion ; 11. Life's Little Game
First published in paperback in 2013
Formerly CIP