A compelling investigation into the relationships between our biological past and cultural progress, "Cells to Civilizations" presents a remarkable story of liv

The science of change from cells to culture Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself—from the production of bacteria

Coen describes the four ways that life, in the broadest term, is transformed: development through patterning, Darwinian selection, modifying neural interactions

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tell

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspok