Description: Paradoxical Life : Meaning, Matter, and the Power of Human Choice, Paperback by Wagner, Andreas, ISBN 0300171528, ISBN-13 9780300171525, Brand New, Free shipping in the US What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. Every moment, streams of molecular signals direct ourcells to move, flatten, swell, shrink, divide, or die. Andreas Wagner's ambitious new book explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being. In the process, he unveils a host of paradoxes underpinning our understanding of modern biology, contradictions he considers gatekeepers at the frontiers of knowledge. Though we tend to think of concepts in such mutually exclusive pairs as mind-matter, self-other, and nature-nurture, Wagner argues that these opposing ideas are not actually separate. Indeed, they are as inextricably connected as the two sides of a coin. Through a tour of modern biological marvels, Wagner illustrates how this paradoxical tension has a profound effect on the way we define the world around us. Paradoxical Life is thus not only a unique account of modern biology. It ultimately serves a radical - and optimistic - outlook for humans and the world we help create.
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Book Title: Paradoxical Life : Meaning, Matter, and the Power of Human Choice
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Life Sciences / Biochemistry, Life Sciences / Evolution, General, Life Sciences / Biology
Genre: Philosophy, Science
Item Weight: 14.6 Oz
Author: Andreas Wagner
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
