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4. On Symbiosis, Microbes, Kingdoms, and Domains
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- List of Plates and Figures xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction: Earth, Life, and System 1
- 1. Life on a Margulisian Planet: A Son’s Philosophical Reflections 13
- 2. The RNA/Protein World and the Endoprebiotic Origin of Life 39
- 3. Exobiology at NASA: Incubator for the Gaia and Serial Endosymbiosis Theories 80
- 4. On Symbiosis, Microbes, Kingdoms, and Domains 105
- 5. The World Egg and the Ouroboros: Two Models for Theoretical Biology 127
- 6. The Planetary Imaginary: Gaian Ecologies from Dune to Neuromancer 151
- 7. Bringing Cell Action into Evolution 175
- 8. Sustainable Development: Living with Systems 203
- 9. Bovine Urbanism: The Ecological Corpulence of Bos urbanus 225
- 10. Symbiotism: Earth and the Greening of Civilization 250
- Notes 269
- References 301
- List of Contributors 333
- Index 337
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- List of Plates and Figures xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction: Earth, Life, and System 1
- 1. Life on a Margulisian Planet: A Son’s Philosophical Reflections 13
- 2. The RNA/Protein World and the Endoprebiotic Origin of Life 39
- 3. Exobiology at NASA: Incubator for the Gaia and Serial Endosymbiosis Theories 80
- 4. On Symbiosis, Microbes, Kingdoms, and Domains 105
- 5. The World Egg and the Ouroboros: Two Models for Theoretical Biology 127
- 6. The Planetary Imaginary: Gaian Ecologies from Dune to Neuromancer 151
- 7. Bringing Cell Action into Evolution 175
- 8. Sustainable Development: Living with Systems 203
- 9. Bovine Urbanism: The Ecological Corpulence of Bos urbanus 225
- 10. Symbiotism: Earth and the Greening of Civilization 250
- Notes 269
- References 301
- List of Contributors 333
- Index 337
