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Wonders of Life: Exploring the Most Extraordinary Force in the Universe Media tie-in [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 288 pages, height x width x depth: 276x216x30 mm, weight: 1461 g, Maps; Halftones, color
  • Sērija : Wonders
  • Izdošanas datums: 07-May-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Collins
  • ISBN-10: 0062238833
  • ISBN-13: 9780062238832
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
  • Formāts: Hardback, 288 pages, height x width x depth: 276x216x30 mm, weight: 1461 g, Maps; Halftones, color
  • Sērija : Wonders
  • Izdošanas datums: 07-May-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Collins
  • ISBN-10: 0062238833
  • ISBN-13: 9780062238832
Citas grāmatas par šo tēmu:
A particle physicist and professor presents the story of the amazing diversity and adaptability of life told through the fundamental laws that govern it, from the origin of life to the human body.

In this companion to the new Discovery Science Channel series, a leading particle physicist and professor presents the story of the amazing diversity and adaptability of life told through the fundamental laws that govern it, taking readers on an epic journey from the origin of life to our own lives. 25,000 first printing.

In Wonders of Life: Exploring the Most Extraordinary Force in the Universe, the definitive companion to the Discovery Science Channel series, Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover the most complex, diverse, and unique force in the universe: life itself.

Through his voyage of discovery, international bestselling author Brian Cox explains how the astonishing inventiveness of nature came about and uncovers the milestones in the epic journey from the origin of life to our own lives, with beautiful full-color illustrations throughout. From spectacular fountains of superheated water at the bottom of the Atlantic to the deepest rainforest, Cox seeks out the places where the biggest questions about life may be answered: What is life? Why do we need water? Why does life end?

Physicist and professor Brian Cox uncovers the secrets of life in the most unexpected locations and in the most stunning detail in this beautiful full-color volume.

Introduction
Wonders of Life 6(6)
Chapter 1 Home
12(60)
Evolution of Life
Return of the King
A Very Special Home
Simple but Complex
The History of the Exploration of Water
Water, Water Everywhere
Water: the Essential Ingredient
Walking on Water
Treetops to Teardrops: The Magic of Hydrogen Bonds
Into the Light
38(34)
A Train Journey Through Time
A Child Star
A Unique and Colourful World
The Origin of Life's Colours
From the Smallest Beginnings...
Eating the Sun
A Breath of Fresh Air
Breath of Life
Four-legged Life Story
Chapter 2 What Is Life?
The Briefest of Beauty
72(10)
Day of the Dead
What is Life?
Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics
First Life
82(36)
Life's First Energy Source
On Professor Cox's Battery and the Origin of Life
Searching for Eden: A Warm Little Pond
Universal Life
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Life
Life and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Schrodinger's Paradox
Follow the Sun
The Origin of Life's Order
One Big Family
Chapter 3 Size Matters
Life-Size Differences
118(22)
Same Planet, Different World
Ocean Giants
The Physics of a Killer
Small is Beautiful
Of Royal Crowns and Ocean Giants
Big Things Don't Jump
Lost Giants
The World of the Small
140(24)
Inside an Insect
Beetle Mania
Broken Men and Splashing Horses
As Small as it Gets
The Smallest Multicellular
Life on Earth
Size Really Matters
An Island of Giants
Chapter 4 Expanding Universe
The Expanding Universe
164(20)
Plugging In
The Common Sense
A Bolt from the Blue
The Universal Nature of Sensing
River Monsters
Good Vibrations
184(16)
The Power of Hearing
The Human Ear: A Wonder of Acoustic Engineering
The Ossicles: One of Nature's Great Evolutionary Bodges
Evolving Ears and Eyes
The Jawless Lamprey
Let There Be Light
200(22)
Seeing the Light
Eye Wide Open
A Very Human Experience of a Very Human Creature
Compound vs Camera: The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Simple and the Complex
Seeing the Universe
Chapter 5 Endless Forms Most Beautiful
A Universal Common Ancestor
222(16)
Evolution and Madagascar
Darwin's Bark Spider
Darwin's Orchid
A Name for Life
The Stuff of Life
The Bird: Collision of a Trillion Suns
The Hoyle Resonance: Are We Lucky to be Here at all?
Carbon Cycle
238(38)
The Greatest Cycles of Life
Harvesting Carbon
Why Carbon?
The Building Blocks of Biology
DNA from the Beginning
Meet the Ancestors
Tree of Life
Mutations: The Spring from which Diversity Flows
The Power of Mutations
Tossing a Coin isn't Enough
The Power of Islands
Island Madagascar
A Creature from Another World
Precious Islands
Index 276(11)
Picture credits 287(1)
Acknowledgements 288