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The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds
John Tyler Bonner
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Description for The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds
Hardback. Slime molds are very different from other organisms; they feed as individual amoebae before coming together to form a multicellular organism that has a remarkable ability to move and orient itself in its environment. This book shows how slime molds fit into and illuminate biology as a whole. Num Pages: 152 pages, 34 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSC; PSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism--one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things. Now, five decades after he published his first pioneering book on cellular slime molds, Bonner steps back from the proliferating and increasingly specialized knowledge about the organism to provide a broad, nontechnical picture of its whole biology, including its evolution, sociobiology, ecology, ... Read more
Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism--one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things. Now, five decades after he published his first pioneering book on cellular slime molds, Bonner steps back from the proliferating and increasingly specialized knowledge about the organism to provide a broad, nontechnical picture of its whole biology, including its evolution, sociobiology, ecology, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691139395
SKU
V9780691139395
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About John Tyler Bonner
John Tyler Bonner is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. He is the author of eighteen previous books, including, most recently, "Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales" (Princeton).
Reviews for The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds
"Bonner does not get lost in abstract realms or in reams of facts. His book is very interesting and even exciting at times. He always stays grounded by returning readers to nature, to the forest soil where the slime molds are carrying out their various life-cycle activities. I was reluctant to put the book down once I started and was ... Read more