Life unfolding : how the human body creates itself / Jamie A. Davies.

  • Davies, Jamie A.
Date:
2014
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Physical description

xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition

First Edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Confronting an alien technology -- Pt. I. First sketch -- 2. From one cell to many -- 3. Making a difference -- 4. Laying down a body plan -- 5. Beginning a brain -- 6. Long division -- Pt. II. Adding details -- 7. Fateful conversations -- 8. Inner journeys -- 9. Plumbing -- 10. Organizing organs -- 11.Taking up arms (and legs) -- 12. The Y and How -- 13. Wired -- Pt. III. Refinement -- 14. Dying to be human -- 15. Making your mind up -- 16. A sense of proportion -- 17. Making friends and facing enemies -- 18. Maintenance mode -- Pt. IV. Perspectives -- 19. Perspectives.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    QS604 2014D25l
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780199673537
  • 0199673535