Named an Outstanding Academic Book for 1999 by "Choice"
1: Origins of the Earth
2: Origins of Life
3: How Life Works
4: How an Organism Works
5: How Evolution Works
6: The Evolution of Biodiversity
7: Awareness
8: Emotions and Meaning
9: Sex
10: Sexuality
11: Multicellularity and Death
12: Speciation
Ursula Goodenough is Professor of Biology at Washington University. One of America's leading cell biologists, she is the author of a bestselling textbook on genetics, and has served as President of the American Society of Cell Biology and of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and in Chilmark, Massachusetts, on Martha's Vineyard.
"For a scientist like myself, Goodenough's elegant narratives
provide a refreshing way to encounter familiar material. I was
especially impressed with her ability to cut right to the quick, so
that within a few short pages the reader is whisked from the big
bang to the emergence of our planet and the birth of life on
earth."--Scientific American
"A celebration of molecular biology, with meditiations on the
spiritual and religious meaning that can be found at the heart of
science....Makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialog
between science and religion. This book will engage anyone who has
ever been mesmerized--or terrified--by the mysteries of
existence."--Biology Digest
"Goodenough gives us a new bridge between science and religion that
is both eloquent and elegant. She offers us the poetry, power, and
passion of her vision of nature, a vision born from scientific
knowledge, nurtured by religious sensibility, and inspired by
nature itself."--Mary Evelyn Tucker, historian of religion,
Bucknell University
"An engaging, authoritative and lyrical account of the molecular
basis of life and its evolution. Goodenough...explains the dynamics
of biology with the evident pleasure of a gifted science writer.
Her reflections evoke a deep gratitude for the magic of our
existence and the necessity to preserve that which makes it
possible."--Thomas Pollard, cell biologist, President, The Salk
Institute
"Incisive, comprehensive, witty, and beautiful, with paragraph
after paragraph of lucidity and significance. We could be
witnessing one of the most important cultural events of the last
three centuries--the moment when scientists themselves take
seriously their role in forging a planetary wisdom."--Brian Swimme,
cosmologist, California Institute of Integral Studies
"A celebration of molecular biology, with meditiations on the
spiritual and religious meaning that can be found at the heart of
science....Makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialog
between science and religion. This book will engage anyone who has
ever been mesmerized--or terrified--by the mysteries of
existence."--Biology Digest
"Her descriptions of enzymes, zygotes, and eukaryotes are crystal
clear, and warmly complement her outlook."--Gilbert Taylor,
Booklist
"In this unique book...Goodenough has accomplished what few
scientists dare to try: to provide a clear, even reductionist,
account of the most modern concepts in science."--San Francisco
Examiner & Chronicle
"Goodenough's luminous prose evokes images and feelings more
commonly associated with poetry than science, and her meditations
on meaning are infused with wonder and joy.... For a scientist like
myself, Goodenough's elegant narratives provide a refreshing way to
encounter familiar material. I was especially impressed with her
ability to cut right to the quick, so that within a few short pages
the reader is whisked from the big bang to the emergence of our
planet and the birth of life on earth."--Scientific American
"Goodenough's 'epic of evolution' is a remarkable, gentle, and
sensitive tour de force." "The grace and ease with which she
carries readers from macro to micro biological realities are the
strength of her book."--Craig B. Anderson, Science
"For a scientist like myself, Goodenough's elegant narratives provide a refreshing way to encounter familiar material. I was especially impressed with her ability to cut right to the quick, so that within a few short pages the reader is whisked from the big bang to the emergence of our planet and the birth of life on earth."--Scientific American "A celebration of molecular biology, with meditiations on the spiritual and religious meaning that can be found at the heart of science....Makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialog between science and religion. This book will engage anyone who has ever been mesmerized--or terrified--by the mysteries of existence."--Biology Digest "Goodenough gives us a new bridge between science and religion that is both eloquent and elegant. She offers us the poetry, power, and passion of her vision of nature, a vision born from scientific knowledge, nurtured by religious sensibility, and inspired by nature itself."--Mary Evelyn Tucker, historian of religion, Bucknell University "An engaging, authoritative and lyrical account of the molecular basis of life and its evolution. Goodenough...explains the dynamics of biology with the evident pleasure of a gifted science writer. Her reflections evoke a deep gratitude for the magic of our existence and the necessity to preserve that which makes it possible."--Thomas Pollard, cell biologist, President, The Salk Institute "Incisive, comprehensive, witty, and beautiful, with paragraph after paragraph of lucidity and significance. We could be witnessing one of the most important cultural events of the last three centuries--the moment when scientists themselves take seriously their role in forging a planetary wisdom."--Brian Swimme, cosmologist, California Institute of Integral Studies "A celebration of molecular biology, with meditiations on the spiritual and religious meaning that can be found at the heart of science....Makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialog between science and religion. This book will engage anyone who has ever been mesmerized--or terrified--by the mysteries of existence."--Biology Digest "Her descriptions of enzymes, zygotes, and eukaryotes are crystal clear, and warmly complement her outlook."--Gilbert Taylor, Booklist "In this unique book...Goodenough has accomplished what few scientists dare to try: to provide a clear, even reductionist, account of the most modern concepts in science."--San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle "Goodenough's luminous prose evokes images and feelings more commonly associated with poetry than science, and her meditations on meaning are infused with wonder and joy.... For a scientist like myself, Goodenough's elegant narratives provide a refreshing way to encounter familiar material. I was especially impressed with her ability to cut right to the quick, so that within a few short pages the reader is whisked from the big bang to the emergence of our planet and the birth of life on earth."--Scientific American "Goodenough's 'epic of evolution' is a remarkable, gentle, and sensitive tour de force." "The grace and ease with which she carries readers from macro to micro biological realities are the strength of her book."--Craig B. Anderson, Science
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