Biological Innovations that Built the World
A Four-billion-year Journey through Life and Earth History
Authors: Ligrone, Roberto
Free Preview- Offers a comprehensive review of fundamental topics in integrative biology ranging from the appearance of life to the emergence of humans, with emphasis on environmental impact
- Written from an integrative biological perspective
- Contains a glossary of less common technical terms
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- About this book
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The book is a detailed account of major biological events that contributed to create the present world and our species, with emphasis on cause-effect interrelationships and environmental impact. Its main goal is to guide the reader toward an understanding of the continuity of life across diversity, and of its large-scale interactions with the planet. Combining scientific soundness with a constant effort for clarity, the book begins with a cloud of dust in a corner of the Galaxy and, covering an immense lapse of time, terminates with an organism that ponders about the texture of the Universe. Comprehensive, updated references added to each chapter will help the reader wishing to expand any of the topics. A glossary explains less common technical terms.
- About the authors
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Roberto Ligrone: Professor of Plant Biology at the Second University of Naples, now University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, he retired in 2014. His main research interest was evolutionary biology of lower land plants, a field in which he has gained international reputation. He is also an author of several textbooks and dissemination papers.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-22
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The Origins
Pages 23-52
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The Birth of Life
Pages 53-97
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Moving to the Light: The Evolution of Photosynthesis
Pages 99-127
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The Great Oxygenation Event
Pages 129-154
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Biological Innovations that Built the World
- Book Subtitle
- A Four-billion-year Journey through Life and Earth History
- Authors
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- Roberto Ligrone
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-16057-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-16057-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-16056-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 490
- Number of Illustrations
- 145 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
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