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Here Comes the Sun: How it feeds us, kills us, heals us and makes us what we are de Professor Steve Jones

Here Comes the Sun: How it feeds us, kills us, heals us and makes us what we are

Autor Professor Steve Jones
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iun 2019

În cadrul programelor de studiu dedicate popularizării științei și biologiei evoluționiste, Here Comes the Sun ocupă un loc central prin capacitatea de a sintetiza domenii aparent divergente sub influența unei singure forțe: energia solară. Putem afirma că Professor Steve Jones transformă un subiect care în trecut era considerat o specializare excentrică într-o analiză riguroasă a modului în care steaua noastră cea mai apropiată dictează mecanismele vieții, de la genetică la structurile sociale. Remarcăm o abordare ce îmbină datele factuale despre furtunile solare cu anecdote istorice surprinzătoare, precum planul lui Joseph Goebbels din 1938 pentru Edinburgh, oferind o perspectivă multidimensională asupra biologiei umane.

Cititorii familiarizați cu Chasing the Sun de Linda Geddes vor aprecia modul în care volumul lui Jones extinde discuția dincolo de ritmul circadian și sănătatea individuală, către efectele evolutive pe termen lung. Spre deosebire de The Sun de Claudio Vita-Finzi, care se concentrează pe aspectele astrofizice ale heliului și hidrogenului, Jones prioritizează interacțiunea biologică și socială. Subliniem că această lucrare reprezintă cel mai personal proiect al autorului, integrând decenii de cercetare proprie asupra melcilor și musculițelor de oțet în contextul adaptării la lumină și temperatură. Față de lucrările sale anterioare, precum Y: The Descent Of Men sau Darwin's Island, unde analiza era centrată pe genetică pură sau pe biografia științifică a lui Darwin, acest volum propune o viziune holistică, demonstrând cum soarele hrănește, vindecă și, uneori, distruge echilibrul ecosistemelor noastre.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408711309
ISBN-10: 1408711303
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 152 x 232 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Little, Brown
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Recomandăm această carte oricărui cititor pasionat de biologie și sociologie care dorește să înțeleagă forța invizibilă ce ne guvernează existența. Veți câștiga o perspectivă nouă asupra modului în care lumina solară influențează totul, de la capacitatea noastră de a merge vertical până la disparitățile economice. Este o lecție magistrală de scriere științifică accesibilă, susținută de autoritatea academică a unui cercetător de renume de la University College London.

Descriere

Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns of activity, makes chemicals in the skin that cheer up those who bask in its rays, and for the ancients was the seat of divine authority.

In Here Comes the Sun, Steve Jones shows how life on Earth is ruled by our nearest star. It is filled with unexpected connections; between the need to stay cool and man's ability to stand upright, between the power of memory and the onset of darkness, between the flow of solar energy through the plants and animals and of wealth through society, and between Joseph Goebbel's 1938 scheme to make Edinburgh the summer capital of a defeated Britain and the widening gap in the life expectancy of Scottish men compared to that of other European men brought on by thnat nation's cloudy climate.

Its author charts some of his own research in places hot and cold across the globe on the genetic and evolutionary effects of sunlight on snails, fruit-flies and people and shows how what was once no more an eccentric specialism has grown to become a subject of wide scientific, social and political significance. Stunningly evocative, beautifully written and packed full of insight, Here Comes the Sun is Steve Jones's most personal book to date.

Recenzii

With wry wit and real clarity, geneticist Steve Jones examines the Sun and our relationship to it. It's a nimble narrative, from the physics of the "hydrogen bomb in the sky" to its impact on the biosphere, water cycle, food chain, human health and climate change. Jones braids in gripping storylines - on conditions linked to lack of sunlight (such as the bone disease rickets) and the interplay between night, day and sleep - and many throwaway gems, from primates urinating on themselves to stay cool, to the boiling-porridge turbulence of convection on the solar surface
A richly readable guide to all things solar . . . one of the country's best writers of popular science. His wit, insight and ability to home in on a subject's most memorable facts enliven Here Comes The Sun from the start
A must read for everyone and anyone who cares about life on Earth
Every Steve Jones book is a masterclass in clear and captivating writing with tantalising detours into beguiling anecdotes. Here Comes the Sun is dense with ideas and stories and, like all his books, it will change the way you see the world around you
From solar storms to Spanish snails, scented cakes to sleep science, this book shimmers with fascinating facts. Illuminating, warm, fascinating and funny - Steve Jones' writing is as brightly illuminating as the sunlight he writes about. A shimmering tale of sun, snails and science
Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns of activity, makes chemicals in the skin that cheer up those who bask in its rays, and for the ancients was the seat of divine authority.

In Here Comes the Sun, Steve Jones shows how life on Earth is ruled by our nearest star. It is filled with unexpected connections; between the need to stay cool and man's ability to stand upright, between the power of memory and the onset of darkness, between the flow of solar energy through the plants and animals and of wealth through society, and between Joseph Goebbel's 1938 scheme to make Edinburgh the summer capital of a defeated Britain and the widening gap in the life expectancy of Scottish men compared to that of other European men brought on by thnat nation's cloudy climate.

Its author charts some of his own research in places hot and cold across the globe on the genetic and evolutionary effects of sunlight on snails, fruit-flies and people and shows how what was once no more an eccentric specialism has grown to become a subject of wide scientific, social and political significance. Stunningly evocative, beautifully written and packed full of insight, Here Comes the Sun is Steve Jones's most personal book to date.