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Biological science saves lives, improves health, grows more food, preserves nature and provides pleasure. It also presents problems. Does an emphasis on ecology make the author an ecofreak --- or even an ecoterrorist? Should physicians treat the body as a machine and teachers regard the brain as a computer? Are people only apes? Are apes (almost) human? Are women fit by their biology only for the kitchen and the nursery? Is a gene in a test tube the equivalent of a genie in a bottle? Does biology support the fashionable misanthropy which presents human beings as incurably nasty because of their evolution? The Science of Life is a beautifully written, erudite and humane book about the science of biology, about life in all of its glorious forms. From the smallest microbe to the human species, Tony Barnett shows how all living organisms interact with each other and the environment. He follows the development of our understanding of life and introduces us to the scientists whose imaginations have expanded our knowledge of the biological world. And he reminds us just how exciting ideas and scientific discovery can be. He also explains ho
Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgementIN THE BEGINNING1. The Earthbound Phenomenon2. Evolution: History or BlasphemyTHE UNSEEN WORLD3. Cells, Sex and DNA4. The Authentic Gene5. The Smallest Organisms: Matters of Life and DeathTHE Brains and MindsENVIRONMENTS8. Ecology: Species Living Together9. Social LivesA STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE10. The New DarwinismTHE HUMAN SPECIES11. Human Nature12. Humanity in NatureAppendix I A Classification of Organisms with Miscellaneous AnnotationsAppendix II A Stratification of Organisms: The Record of the RocksAppendix III GlossaryFurther ReadingIndex
