The Cell

Description

Your body has trillions of cells, and each one has the complexity and dynamism of a city. Your life, your thoughts, your diseases, and your health are all the function of cells.

But what do you really know about what goes on inside you?

The last time most people thought about cells in any detail was probably in high school or a college general biology class. But the field of cell biology has advanced incredibly rapidly in recent decades, and a great deal of what we may have learned in high school and college is no longer accurate or particularly relevant.

The Cell: Discovering the Microscopic World that Determines Our Health, Our Consciousness, and Our Future is a fascinating story of the incredible intricacy inside the cell and of the fantastic advancements in our understanding of this microscopic world.

Dr. Joshua Z. Rappoport is at the forefront of this field, and he will take you on a journey to discover:

• A deeper understanding of how cells work and the basic nature of life on earth.
• Fascinating histories of some of the key discoveries from the seventeenth century to the last decade and provocative thoughts on the current state of academic research.
• The knowledge required to better understand the new developments that are announced almost weekly in science and health care, such as cancer, cellular therapies, and the potential promise of stem cells.
• The ability to make better decisions about health and to debunk the misinformation that comes in daily via media.

Using the latest scientific research, The Cell illustrates the diversity of cell biology and what it all means for your everyday life.

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About the Author

Joshua  Rappoport

Dr. Joshua Z. Rappoport received a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Brown University, and then went on to earn a Ph.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Rappoport performed postdoctoral work at The Rockefeller University in New York City in the Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics. Subsequently he was recruited as a faculty member in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham in the UK.  In 2014 Dr. Rappoport returned to the United States to serve as the Director of the Center for Advanced Microscopy and Nikon Imaging Center at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and as a faculty member in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. In March 2019, Dr. Rappoport took on the position of Executive Director, Research Infrastructure at Boston College.  

 

Dr. Rappoport is interested in understanding the broader impacts of exciting developments in science and technology.  His first book, The Cell: Discovering the Microscopic World that Determines Our Health, Our Consciousness, and Our Future, came out in 2017, and his second book Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities, was recently published. 

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