How We Live and Why We Die – The Secret Lives of Cells

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 universe from bacteria to the most complex animals. In the tradition of the classic Lives of a Cell but with the benefit of the latest research Lewis Wolpert demonstrates how human life grows from a single cell into a body an incredibly complex society of billions of cells. Wolpert goes on to examine the science behind topics that are much discussed but rarely understoodstem-cell research cloning DNA cancerand explains how all life on earth evolved from just one cell. Lively and passionate this is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and life itself.