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Life Evolving by Christian De Duve, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Life Evolving by Christian De Duve, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
Life Evolving by Christian De Duve, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Christian De Duve

Life Evolving by Christian De Duve, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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In just a half century, humanity has made an astounding leap in its understanding of life. Now, one of the giants of biological science, Christian de Duve, discusses what we've learned in this half century, ranging from the tiniest cells to the future of our species and of life itself. With wide-ranging erudition, de Duve takes us on a dazzling tour of the biological world, beginning with the invisible workings of the cell, the area in which he won his Nobel Prize. He describes how the first cells may have arisen and suggests that they may have been like the organisms that existtoday near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Contrary to many other scientists, he argues that life was bound to arise and that it probably only took millennia-maybe tens of thousands of years-to move from rough building blocks to the first organisms possessing the basic properties of life. With equalauthority, De Duve examines topics such as the evolution of humans, the origins of consciousness, the development of language, the birth of science, and the origin of emotion, morality, altruism, and love. He concludes with his conjectures on the future of humanity-for instance, we may evolve, perhaps via genetic engineering, into a new species-and he shares his personal thoughts about God and immortality. In Life Evolving, one of our most eminent scientists sums up what he has learned about the nature of life and our place in the universe. An extraordinarily wise and humane volume, it will fascinate readers curious about the world around them and about the impact of science on philosophy andreligion. | Life Evolving by Christian De Duve, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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