Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel (Sciencewriters)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (702 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603584463 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lynn intuited and doggedly gathered evidence to show that most anything we two-leggeds take special pride inour capacities for cogitation, conviviality, and culturehad been invented, eons before, by the microbial entities that compose us.”--David Abram, contributor, and author of Spell of the Sensuous. Margulis fiercely championed evolutionary symbiogenesis, the merging of distinct organisms to form new organisms in swift, un-Darwinian leaps. In this volume, we can read about some of the vast range of intellect she influenced."--Wes Jackson, president, The Land Institute“Lynn and I often argued, as good collaborators should, and we wrangled over the intricate finer points of self-regulation, but always remained good friends, perhaps because we were confident that we were right.”--Dr.
In this collection, Dorion Sagan, Margulis's son and longtime collaborator, gathers together the voices of friends and colleagues to remark on her life and legacy, in essays that cover her early collaboration with James Lovelock, her fearless face-off with Richard Dawkins during the so-called "Battle of Balliol" at Oxford, the intrepid application of her scientific mind to the insistence that 9/11 was a false-flag operation, her affinity for Emily Dickinson, and more.Margulis was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1983, received the prestigious National Medal of Science in 1999, and her papers are permanently archived at the Library of Congress. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the
Donald C. Mikulecky said A work in parallel with ours. If you know about Margulis' work you still need to read this book because it is a multifaceted view of this magnificent person and her ideas and puts her work into a context that enriches our understanding. I venture to guess that, if you are like me, you might have thought you knew about it and will be amazed to find how little of its totality you actually had a hold of.I write this review at very special time for me for the book Jim Coffman and I wrote together (Global Insanity: How Homo sapiens Lost Touch with Reality while Transforming the World, being published by Emergent Publications) is being set in type as I write . Lois E. Brynes said A Legacy That will Keep on Giving. This is a thoughtful volume.some personal reminiscences, but mostly descriptions of Margulis's work from stellar scientists.Lynn Margulis will eventually been known as one of the most important scientists of the "A Legacy That will Keep on Giving" according to Lois E. Brynes. This is a thoughtful volume.some personal reminiscences, but mostly descriptions of Margulis's work from stellar scientists.Lynn Margulis will eventually been known as one of the most important scientists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Symbiogenetics will come to be understood as THE mechanism (sic) of evolution for all Earth's planetary beings. This collection is not to be missedas Lynn Margulis is by so many.. 0th and "A Legacy That will Keep on Giving" according to Lois E. Brynes. This is a thoughtful volume.some personal reminiscences, but mostly descriptions of Margulis's work from stellar scientists.Lynn Margulis will eventually been known as one of the most important scientists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Symbiogenetics will come to be understood as THE mechanism (sic) of evolution for all Earth's planetary beings. This collection is not to be missedas Lynn Margulis is by so many.. 1st centuries. Symbiogenetics will come to be understood as THE mechanism (sic) of evolution for all Earth's planetary beings. This collection is not to be missedas Lynn Margulis is by so many.. Fearless heart, indomitable spirit Frank P Ryan A member of the US National Academy of Sciences and winner of the National Medal of Science, Lynn Margulis was an inspirational scientist who maintained an open mind to new scientific and cultural ideas throughout her lifetime. She pioneered the modern understanding of symbiosis as an evolutionary and biological force. In the early years in particular she was opposed in this by the more traditional neo-Darwinian establishment, leading to inevitable friction. But in later years most scientists grasped the complementary nature of both traditions in modern evolutionary biology. She was a great and generous friend and support f
Schneider. He edited Lynn Margulis: The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel, a 2012 collection of writings addressing Margulis's life and work.. His writings have appeared in TheNew York Times, TheNew York Times Book Review, Wired, The Skeptical Inquirer, Pabular, Smithsonian,