Lynn Margulis, creator of endosymbiotic theory.
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Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was a Professor of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Ru...
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Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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Lynn Margulis | Lynn Alexander | 1938-2011 | Biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and her contributions to the endosymbiotic theory, which is now generally accepted for how certain organelles were formed. She showed that animals, plants, and fungi all originated from Protists.
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Lynn Margulis (1938-2011)
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In accordance with her wishes, she was cremated and her ashes were scattered in her favorite research areas, near her home. Cause of death: hemorrhagic stroke Born in Chicago, she was a 1957 graduate of the University of Chicago, where she enrolled at the age of 14. She went on to earn an M.S. in genetics and...
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Lynn Margulis, who has died aged 73, was a microbiologist whose work on the origin of cells transformed the study of evolution; with James Lovelock, she also developed the "Gaia theory" of Earth as a vast self-regulating system.
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Download scientific diagram | Endosymbiosis: Homage to Lynn Margulis. Artist: Shoshanah Dubiner This painting illustrates a portion of the incredible microbial complexity that existed on this planet when animals evolved, and thus the microbial soup in which all organisms developed. (Image courtesy of the artist. Image credits: Endosymbiosis: Homage to Lynn Margulis, from publication: From Evolutionary Advantage to Disease Agents: Forensic Reevaluation of Host-Microbe Interactions and…
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#Darwin theorized that competition drove evolution. Lynn Margulis showed that cooperation plays a role too. #TBT #womeninscience
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Lynn Margulis 1938-2011 "Gaia Is A Tough Bitch" | Edge.org
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Carl Sagan and Lynn Margulis married in 1957
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A behind-the-scene look at the life of Lynn Margulis.
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By mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
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Lynn Alexander married Carl Sagan when she was 19 years old. The happy couple at their wedding. Dorion Sagan, their first son, was born two years later. Photo copyright Lynn Margulis estate.
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"In 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. He mulled this revolutionary idea over for several years, first with his close friend the novelist William Golding, and then in an extensive collaboration with the American scientist Lynn Margulis. In the early 1970s, he finally went public with the Gaia hypothesis, the idea that everything happens for an end: the good of planet Earth"
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