Symbiotic Planet

In Symbiotic Planet Lynn Margulis shows that symbiosis, which simply means members of different species living in physical contact with one another, is crucial to the origins of evolutionary novelty. Ranging from bacteria to the living Earth itself, Margulis explains the symbiotic origins of many of evolution’s most important innovations.

Along the way, Margulis describes her i...

In Symbiotic Planet Lynn Margulis shows that symbiosis, which simply means members of different species living in physical contact with one another, is crucial to the origins of evolutionary novelty. Ranging from bacteria to the living Earth itself, Margulis explains the symbiotic origins of many of evolution’s most important innovations.

Along the way, Margulis describes her initiation into the world of science and the early steps in the present revolution in evolutionary biology and the importance of species classification for how we think about the living world. Written with enthusiasm and authority, this is a book that could change the way you view our living Earth.

林恩·马古利斯，美国阿姆赫斯特马萨诸塞大学地球科学系的著名教授，1983年起成为美国科学院院士。她关于细胞器的细菌起源的开创性研究，以及她与詹姆斯·洛夫洛克关于盖亚学说的合作研究最为著名。她还著有Symbiosis in Cell Evolution，Five Kingdoms(与K.V.Schwartz合著)，Origins ofSex(与Dorion Sagan合著)，Garden of Microbial Delights，whnt Is Life？What Is Sex？Slanted Truths：Essays on Gaian and Symbiosis and Evolution等。