Dazzle gradually : reflections on the nature of nature / Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan.

• Foreword / Roald Hoffmann -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Mnemosyne -- 1. Red shoe conundrum / Lynn Margulis -- 2. Truth of my father / Dorion Sagan -- 3. The uncut self / Dorion Sagan and pt. 2. Chimera -- 4. Power to the protoctists / Lynn Margulis -- 5. Prejudice and bacterial consciousness / Lynn Margulis -- 6. All for one / Lynn Margulis and 7. Speculation on speculation / Lynn Margulis -- 8. Spirochetes awake : syphilis and Nietzsche's mad genius / Lynn Margulis -- 9. From Kefir to death / Lynn Margulis -- 10. Welcome to the machine / Dorion Sagan and 11. The transhumans are coming / Dorion Sagan and 12. Alien enlightenment : Michael Persinger and the neuropsychology of God / Dorion Sagan.
• pt. 2. Eros -- 13. The riddle of sex / Dorion Sagan and 14. An evolutionary striptease / Dorion Sagan -- 15. Vive la différence / Dorion Sagan -- 16. Candidiasis and the origin of clowns / Dorion Sagan and pt. 4. Gaea -- 17. The atmosphere, Gaia's circulatory system / Lynn Margulis and James E. Lovelock -- 18. Gaia and philosophy / Dorion Sagan and 19. The global sulfur cycle and Emiliania huxleyi / Dorion Sagan -- 20. Descartes, dualism, and beyond / Dorion Sagan and 21. What Narcissus saw : the oceanic "eye" / Dorion Sagan -- 22. The pleasures of change / Dorion Sagan and Readings -- Figure and table list -- Index.

• A collection of essays covering a variety of scientific topics including the nature of technology to the human body, evolution, and ecology. 

Ämnesord

Evolution (Biology)  (LCSH)

Sex (Biology)  (LCSH)

Gaia hypothesis.  (LCSH)

Symbiosis.  (LCSH)

Philosophy.  (LCSH)

Science.  (LCSH)

Microbiology.  (LCSH)

Science  -- Philosophy. (LCSH)

Microorganisms  -- Evolution. (LCSH)

Philosophy  (MeSH)

Science  (MeSH)

Biological Evolution  (MeSH)

Microbiology  (MeSH)

Symbiosis  (MeSH)

Sex  (MeSH)

Sexualité (Biologie)  (Vedettes-matière)

Hypothèse Gaïa.  (Vedettes-matière)

Symbiose.  (Vedettes-matière)

Philosophie.  (Vedettes-matière)

Sciences.  (Vedettes-matière)

Évolution (Biologie)  (Vedettes-matière)

Microbiologie.  (Vedettes-matière)

Micro-organismes  -- Évolution. (Vedettes-matière)

philosophy.  (aat)

sciences (philosophy)  (aat)

evolution.  (aat)

microbiology.  (aat)

Evolution (Biology)  (fast)

Gaia hypothesis.  (fast)

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)  (fast)

Sex (Biology)  (fast)

Symbiosis.  (fast)

Evolutionsbiologie  (gnd)

Gaia-Hypothese  (gnd)

Naturwissenschaften  (gnd)

Philosophie  (gnd)

Microorganisms  -- Evolution. (fast)

Science  -- Philosophy. (fast)

Personnamn

Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 -- Influence.

Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.

Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996.

Klassifikation

Q175 (LCC)

2008 A-423 (NLM)

Q 175 (NLM)

501 (DDC)

MS 1700 (rvk)

TB 6200 (rvk)

Ddc (kssb/8 (machine generated))