World Scientific Publishing Company Embryogenesis Explained

This book ... represents an important development in the field of developmental biology and in the foundations of theoretical biology. Its clear presentation and style makes it a perfect complementary textbook for teaching embryogenesis and related courses. - Dr Abir U Igamberdiev, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada While new theoretical ideas often come and go, particularly those that invoke 'waves', the onus is always on the author to follow-up on what are at times extraordinary claims. With Embryogenesis Explained, Richard and Natalie (Gordon) take the next step of presenting the concept of differentiation waves in a less technical manner, but also with respect to modern cell and molecular biology. - Dr Bradly Alicea, Orthogonal Research, Champaign, IL, and OpenWorm Foundation, CA, USA The greatest mystery of life is how a single fertilized egg develops into a fully functioning, sometimes conscious multicellular organism. Embryogenesis Explained offers a new theory of how embryos build themselves, and combines simple physics with the most recent biochemical and genetic breakthroughs, based on the authors' prediction and then discovery of differentiation waves. They explain their ideas in a form accessible to the lay person and a broad spectrum of scientists and engineers. The diverse subjects of development, genetics and evolution, and their physics, are brought together to explain this major, previously unanswered scientific question of our time. As a follow up on The Hierarchical Genome, this book is a shorter but conceptually expanded work for the reader who is interested in science. It is useful as a starting point for the curious layman or the scientist or professional encountering the problem of embryogenesis without the formal biology background. There is also material useful for the seasoned biologist caught up in the new rush of information about the role of mechanics in developmental biology and cellular level mechanics in medicine.