What is Sex?Simon & Schuster Editions, 1997 - 256 páginas In What Is Sex? Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan show the thermodynamic background of sex and tell the story of sex's evolution on a seasonally changing Earth, in an energy-steeped cosmos. A sequel to their illustrated What Is Life? What Is Sex? is a cosmic, biological, and philosophical investigation, one which uses science to cut through misconceptions, both popular and scientific, to portray sexuality and its history with the clarity and poetry it deserves. |
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