{"title":"Books by Lewis Wolpert","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780571239122","title":"How We Live and Why We Die","description":"\u003cp\u003eCells are the basis of all life in the universe.  Our bodies are made up of billions of them: an incredibly complex society that governs everything, from movement to memory and imagination.   When we age, it is because our cells slow down; when we get ill, it is because our cells mutate or stop working.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow We Live and Why we Die\u003c\/i\u003e, Wolpert provides a clear explanation of the science that underpins our lives.  He explains how our bodies function and how we derived from a single cell - the embryo.  He examines the science behind the topics that are much discussed but rarely understood - stem-cell research, cloning, DNA - and explains how all life evolved from just one cell.  Lively and passionate, \u003ci\u003eHow We Live and Why we Die\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible guide to understanding the human body and, essentially, life itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43399860420786,"sku":"9780571239122","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571239122_5ff0c453-a96e-482e-852a-7cc42b1014fa.jpg?v=1786013902"},{"product_id":"9780192896612","title":"Wolpert's Principles of Development","description":"Wolpert's Principles of Development, the latest edition of the prize-winning textbook, opens up the fascinating field of developmental biology to undergraduates studying biology, medicine, and veterinary science. By focusing on the underlying processes shared by diverse organisms, the textbook lays the foundation for a deep understanding. Key features - An emphasis throughout on the underlying principles - which underpin the commonalities between different organisms and their development - enables students to get a clear sense of the 'big picture' of the subject. - Custom-drawn artwork and integrated animations and videos help to make the visualisation of processes and mechanisms in this challenging subject as straightforward as possible. - Medical Boxes explore key developmental diseases and explain how developmental biology furthers our understanding human health and disease. Further experimental detail, including Experimental Boxes, from both classic and current research, demonstrates 'how we know what we know'. - Also available as an e-book enhanced with learning objectives, self-assessment interactive quizzes and multi-media content to offer a fully immersive experience and extra learning support. New to this edition - Chapter 7, a new chapter on Embryonic stem cells, embryo models, and regenerative medicine, to ensure the book's coverage stays up to date with this very active area of developmental biology research. - Chapters 3 and 4 on vertebrate development have been restructured and updated, especially in relation to mouse development, to ensure major concepts and principles are explained with recent supporting experimental evidence. - Chapter 10 on the nervous system has been completely revised and updated, with more emphasis on neural tube patterning. - Chapter 14, which covers nematodes and sea urchins, now appears online as part of the ebook. - There are more examples of the use of CRISPR to address problems like sickle cell disease (Ch6), and evolution of limbs from fins (Ch13). - Examples of single-cell RNA sequencing can be found throughout the book (Ch3, Ch6, Ch7, Ch10, Ch11, Ch12). - Smaller revisions, updates, and new figures have been included throughout. Digital formats and resources The seventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Science Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with interactive self-test questions, videos, flashcards, supplementary materials, functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support. For more information about e-books, please visit www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk\/ebooks","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56226008826229,"sku":"9780192896612","price":66.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780192896612_316c28e4-1144-4927-8ff0-086717393b6b.jpg?v=1786011465"},{"product_id":"9780199601196","title":"Developmental Biology","description":"From a single cell - a fertilized egg - comes an elephant, a fly, or a human. How does this astonishing feat happen? How does the egg 'know' what to become? How does it divide into the different cells, the separate tissues, the brain, the fingernail - every tiniest detail of the growing foetus?These are the questions that the field of developmental biology seeks to answer. It is an area that is closely linked to genetics, evolution, and molecular biology. The processes are deeply rooted in evolutionary history; the information is held in genes whose vital timings in switching on and off is orchestrated by a host of proteins expressed by other genes. Timing is of the essence. Here, the distinguished developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert gives a concise account of what we now know about development, discussing the first vital steps of growth, the patterning created by Hox genes and the development of form, embryonic stem cells, the timing of gene expression and its management, chemical signalling, and growth.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56227381018997,"sku":"9780199601196","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780199601196_b6beaada-9b55-4a07-9fc8-9a5e19e77716.jpg?v=1786012452"},{"product_id":"malignant-sadness","title":"Malignant Sadness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'An excellent book, the most objective short account I know of all the various approaches to depression.'\u003c\/i\u003e Anthony Storr \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral years ago, Lewis Wolpert had a severe episode of depression. Despite a happy marriage and successful scientific career, he could think only of suicide. When he did recover, he became aware of the stigma attached to depression - and just how difficult it was to get reliable information. With characteristic candour and determination he set about writing this book, an acclaimed investigation into the causes and treatments of depression, which formed the basis for a BBC TV series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis paperback edition features a new introduction, in which Wolpert discusses the reaction to his book and BBC series, and recounts his own recurring struggle with depression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481401270645,"sku":"9780571230785","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780571230785.jpg?v=1786089659"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-lewis-wolpert.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}