Luminous Fish: Tales of Science and Love.Luminous lu·mi·nous adj. Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light. Fish: Tales of Science and Love Lynn Margulis Dr. Lynn Margulis (born March 15, 1938) is a biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1] She is best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and her contributions to the Chelsea Green Publishing Co P.O. Box 428, White River Junction, CT 05001 1933392339 $21.95 www.chelseagreen.com Evolutionist ev·o·lu·tion·ism n. 1. A theory of biological evolution, especially that formulated by Charles Darwin. 2. Advocacy of or belief in biological evolution. and author Lynn Margulis examines the scientific personalities she's known in the course of her profession, considers the love lives of three generations of scientists, and provide stories which would be considered scientific biographies were it not for their added ability to shed insights on interactions between scientific colleagues. The blend of biography and science from an insider holds elements of both and thus provides both real and fictionalized observations--while LUMINOUS FISH may prove a challenge to categorize cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat , it will prove a lively and different pick many a public library holding will wish to acquire. |
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