How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In The Serengeti Rules, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions, and shows how their discoveries matter for our health and the health of the planet we depend upon.
One of the most important revelations about the natural world is that everything is regulated--there are rules that regulate the amount of every molecule in our bodies and rules that govern the numbers of every animal and plant in the wild. And the most surprising revelation about the rules that regulate life at such different scales is that they are remarkably similar--there is a common underlying logic of life. Carroll recounts how our deep knowledge of the rules and logic of the human body has spurred the advent of revolutionary life-saving medicines, and makes the compelling case that it is now time to use the Serengeti Rules to heal our ailing planet.
A bold and inspiring synthesis by one of our most accomplished biologists and gifted storytellers, The Serengeti Rules is the first book to illuminate how life works at vastly different scales. Read it and you will never look at the world the same way again.
Sean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, writer, educator, and executive producer. He is vice president for science education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Allan Wilson Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin Madison. His books include "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", "Brave Genius", and "Remarkable Creatures", which was a finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
《生命的法则》详细地阐述了双重负向调节如何对小到单个生命、大到生态系统进行调节和“维稳”。 其实这里面的负向调节或反馈调节在高中生物学中都是重点,我对其中的知识点也都记得非常清楚。但是,生物书中并没有详细阐述“塞伦盖蒂法则”的发现过程和事例,让我了解的并不是...
评分 评分生物学当中的生态学更是一个新兴的学科,在20世纪出现,但是它发展得非常迅速。生态学给我们一个非常好的视角来观察这个世界。甚至有人说21世纪生态学理论将会改变世界。 《生命的法则》就是这样一部生态学著作。它从小到大,从基因、细胞、组织、器官、个体、种群和整个生态系...
评分《生命的法则》详细地阐述了双重负向调节如何对小到单个生命、大到生态系统进行调节和“维稳”。 其实这里面的负向调节或反馈调节在高中生物学中都是重点,我对其中的知识点也都记得非常清楚。但是,生物书中并没有详细阐述“塞伦盖蒂法则”的发现过程和事例,让我了解的并不是...
这本书最打动我的地方,在于它流露出的那种对生命的深深的同理心。尽管核心内容是基于严谨的生态学原理,但字里行间却洋溢着对那些挣扎求存的生命的尊重和理解。作者没有将动物视为简单的实验对象,而是将其视为复杂的、有尊严的个体,它们在为生存而战。这种人文关怀与科学精神的完美结合,使得阅读过程充满了情感的共鸣。我仿佛能闻到干旱时尘土飞扬的气味,能感受到猎物逃亡时的心跳加速。这种沉浸式的体验,远超出了纯粹的知识获取,更像是一次精神上的洗礼,让我重新审视人类中心主义的傲慢。
评分从装帧设计到内页排版,这本书的制作质量本身就传递出一种对内容的尊重。但真正令人赞叹的,是作者在处理极端事件叙事时的那种克制与力量。他描述了最残酷的生存斗争,比如资源枯竭时的群体崩溃,但叙述的重点从未偏离到纯粹的血腥猎奇,而是始终聚焦于“为什么会发生?”和“接下来会怎样?”。这种冷静而又充满智慧的叙事视角,构建了一个既令人敬畏又充满希望的自然图景。读完后,我感觉自己不仅仅是了解了一个地理区域的生态系统,更像是参与了一场跨越了漫长岁月的伟大对话,充满了令人深思的回响。
评分坦白说,这本书的阅读体验是酣畅淋漓的,但同时也是需要付出思考的。它不像那些快餐式的科普读物,读完即忘。相反,它要求读者保持高度的专注力,去捕捉那些隐藏在复杂数据和观察背后的深层逻辑。我花了比预期更长的时间来消化其中的某些概念,尤其是关于种群动态和环境反馈机制的部分。但正是这种“挑战性”,让最终的顿悟时刻显得格外珍贵。作者的文笔老练而沉稳,很少有情绪化的表达,一切都建立在扎实的观察和严密的推理之上,这使得他的结论具有极强的说服力。对于渴望深度理解自然界运作机制的读者来说,这是一份不可多得的宝藏。
评分这本书的叙事手法真是令人耳目一新,作者仿佛是一位经验丰富的导游,带着我们穿越了广袤的非洲草原。他不仅仅是在罗列事实,而是在编织一个关于生命、关于适应、关于在极端环境下求存的史诗。我特别欣赏他将科学观察与个人体验巧妙地融合在一起的方式,那种亲临现场的震撼感是任何教科书都无法给予的。每一个物种的兴衰、每一个生态平衡的微妙变化,都被他用近乎诗意的语言描绘出来,让即便是对自然科学不太熟悉的读者也能被深深吸引。读完之后,我对大自然那种宏大而又精密的运作机制有了全新的认识,那种敬畏感油然而生。它不仅仅是一本关于野生动物的书,更像是一部关于时间、关于演化、关于我们人类在地球生态系统中应扮演何种角色的深刻哲学思考。
评分这本书的结构安排极具匠心,它并非线性叙事,而是像一幅精美的挂毯,由无数相互关联的线索编织而成。作者在探讨某一特定现象时,总能巧妙地追溯到更深层次的历史根源或地理成因,这种多维度的视角让整个论述显得异常扎实且富有层次感。我个人特别喜欢其中关于“关键物种”的章节,作者没有采用那种居高临下的说教口吻,而是通过细致入微的案例分析,让我们理解到生态系统中每一个微小环节的重要性。那种深入骨髓的洞察力,让人不得不停下来反复咀嚼作者的观点,思考我们日常生活中对“重要性”的判断是否过于狭隘。这本书无疑拓宽了我对复杂系统认知的边界。
评分With abundant materials to support the writer’s idea of a correlation between systems of a molecular organisms and visible large natural creatures, for a conclusion of several resemblant rules that regulate both in macro and micro worlds. This is a preferred book for naturalists, environmentalists and science lovers.
评分SOLUTIONS REST ON GOOD SCIENCE, BUT IMPLEMENTATION DEPENDS ON GOOD MANAGEMENT.
评分With abundant materials to support the writer’s idea of a correlation between systems of a molecular organisms and visible large natural creatures, for a conclusion of several resemblant rules that regulate both in macro and micro worlds. This is a preferred book for naturalists, environmentalists and science lovers.
评分丰富的科学史素材被组织的不错,简明易读
评分SOLUTIONS REST ON GOOD SCIENCE, BUT IMPLEMENTATION DEPENDS ON GOOD MANAGEMENT.
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