The biology of death : Origins of mortality
Why are most living creatures condemned to die "naturally" even when they have a favourable and protected environment? Is death a "useful" biological process or does it not correspond to any natural necessity? Biology has only recently begun to address these issues. However, toda...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Langue: | Français |
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Paris (15 rue Soufflot 75005) :
Odile Jacob
2022.
Paris : Cairn |
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université Orléans et IFPM |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • The biology of death, Paris, Odile Jacob, 9782738150226 |
| Résumé: | Why are most living creatures condemned to die "naturally" even when they have a favourable and protected environment? Is death a "useful" biological process or does it not correspond to any natural necessity? Biology has only recently begun to address these issues. However, today it provides a coherent and rigorous framework for interpreting death, its existence as mechanisms at the very heart of life. André Klarsfeld and Frédéric Revah take stock of all this research, which overturns many preconceived ideas on a subject that has haunted humanity since the beginning |
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| ISBN: | 9782738150226 |
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