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Principles of Development
How does a single cell develop into myriad different specialised cell types, control the organization of these different cells into tissues and organs, and ultimately form an …
Developmental Biology: A Very Short Introduction
From a single cell - a fertilized egg - comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. How does this astonishing feat happen? How does the egg 'know' what to become? How does it divide into …
The Triumph of the Embryo
This is a clear and engagingly written book, declared Nature, "recommended certainly to nonspecialists, but also to developmental biologists." Its exploration of how single cells …
Understanding depression
Depression is a major cause of morbidity throughout the world. Given that between 8 and 12% of the population (in most countries) will suffer from depression at some point in their …
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Why does every society around the world have a religious tradition of some sort? Professor Lewis Wolpert investigates the nature of belief and its causes. He looks at belief's …
Passionate Minds
The popular stereotype of the scientist as mad boffin or weedy nerd has been peddled widely in film and fiction, with the implication that the world of science is far removed from …
How We Live and Why We Die
Everything about our existence-movement and memory, imagination and reproduction, birth, and ultimately death-is governed by our cells. They are the basis of all life in the …
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Why do 70 percent of Americans believe in angels, while others are convinced that they were abducted by aliens? What makes people believe in improbable things when all the evidence …
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Why does every society around the world have a religious tradition of some sort? Professor Lewis Wolpert investigates the nature of belief and its causes. He looks at belief's …
Unnatural Nature of Science
This book shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realise just how "e;unnatural"e; science actually is. Quoting scientists …
Principles of Development
How does a single cell develop into myriad different specialised cell types, control the organization of these different cells into tissues and organs, and ultimately form an …
How We Live and Why We Die
How do we move, think and remember? Why do we get ill, age and die? Distinguished biologist Lewis Wolpert explains how cells provide the answers to the fundamental questions about …