Lynn Margulis, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1983. She is best known for her pathbreaking work on the bacterial origins of cell organelles and for her collaboration with James Lovelock on Gaia theory. Her previous books include Symbiosis in Cell Evolution; Five Kingdoms (with K. V. Schwartz); and (with Dorion Sagan) Origins of Sex, Garden of Microbial Delights, What Is Life?, What Is Sex?, and Slanted Truths: Essays on Gaia, Symbiosis and Evolution.
Illustrations
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Prologue
1
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Symbiosis Everywhere
5
(8)
Against Orthodoxy
13
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Individuality by Incorporation
33
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The Name of the Vine
51
(18)
Life from Scum
69
(18)
Sex Legacy
87
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Ashore
105
(8)
Gaia
113
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Appendix
129
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Notes
131
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Index
137
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About the Author
147
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