Life's edge : the search for what it means to be alive / Carl Zimmer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593182710
- ISBN: 0593182715
- Physical Description: xx, 348 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-334) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The borderland -- The quickening. The way the spirit comes to the bones ; Death is resisted -- The hallmarks. Dinner ; Decisive matter ; Preserving constant the conditions of life ; Copy/Paste ; Darwin's lung -- A series of dark questions. This astonishing multiplication ; Irritations ; The sect ; This mud was actually alive ; A play of water ; Scripts -- Return to the borderland. Half life ; Data needed for a blueprint ; No obvious bushes ; Four blue droplets. |
Summary, etc.: | "We all assume we know what life is, but the more scientists learn about the living world-from protocells to brains, from zygotes to pandemic viruses-the harder they find it is to locate life's edge"-- Provided by publisher. What is life? The power seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Zimmer journeys through experiments that have attempted to recreate life; shows how coronaviruses have altered the course of history; and even tries his own had at evolving life in a test tube... with unnerving results. -- adapted from jacket |
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Subject: | Life sciences. Life (Biology) |
Genre: | Instructional and educational works. Creative nonfiction. |
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Life's Edge : The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
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Table of Contents
Life's Edge : The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction: The Borderland | p. ix | |
Part 1 | The Quickening | p. 1 |
The Way the Spirit Comes to the Bones | p. 3 | |
Death Is Resisted | p. 35 | |
Part 2 | The Hallmarks | p. 63 |
Dinner | p. 65 | |
Decisive Matter | p. 78 | |
Preserving Constant the Conditions of Life | p. 90 | |
Copy/Paste | p. 102 | |
Darwin's Lung | p. 111 | |
Part 3 | A Series of Dark Questions | p. 125 |
This Astonishing Multiplication | p. 127 | |
Irritations | p. 136 | |
The Sect | p. 144 | |
This Mud Was Actually Alive | p. 152 | |
A Play of Water | p. 168 | |
Scripts | p. 182 | |
Part 4 | Return to the Borderland | p. 201 |
Half Life | p. 203 | |
Data Needed for a Blueprint | p. 216 | |
No Obvious Bushes | p. 250 | |
Four Blue Droplets | p. 267 | |
Notes | p. 293 | |
Bibliography | p. 307 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 335 | |
Index | p. 337 |