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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Christian de Duve (, Founder, Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 24.30cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 16.40cm Weight: 0.735kg ISBN: 9780195156058ISBN 10: 0195156056 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 10 April 2003 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA well-written, engaging scientific tour de force.... de Duve exhibits an extraordinary skill in conveying his deep knowledge of biology.... Both a first-rate scholar and an accomplished popularizer of science...de Duve moves with equal familiarity and eloquence from scientific papers to French poets.... Life Evolving forces the reader to avoid intellectual complacency and to articulate one's own arguments to effectively address his position. These are, in themselves, major reasons to appreciate the book. --Science<br> This book is addressed to the educated lay person interested in the origin of life, its evolution to the present day and its philosophical implications. The reader is in for a treat of unsurpassed lucid and poetic writing. It is the testament of one of the great biologist-philosophers of our time. --Gunter Blobel, Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine<br> An original thinker and graceful writer, Christian de Duve is an E.O. Wilson for the cell. In Life Evolving, De Duve lays bare the molecular machinery of life, finding both explanation of our evolutionary past and signs of what it will mean to be human in the twenty-first century. --Andrew H. Knoll, Fisher Professor of Natural History, Harvard University<br> Author InformationChristian de Duve won the Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work on the organization of the cell. One of the best-known pioneers of cell biology, he is head of the Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology. He is the author of Vital Dust: Life as a Cosmic Imperative, Blueprint for a Cell: The Nature and Origins of Life, and A Guided Tour of the Living Cell. He shares his time between New York and Brussels. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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