With the invention of the microscope at the beginning of the seventeenth century, it became possible to take a first glimpse at the previously invisible world of microscopic life. A bewildering array ...

II. THE continued investigations into the structure of cells, both in plants and animals, led to modifications in the conception of their morphology. Hugo von Mohl announced that he had discovered ...

Some people have such a hectic existence they give the impression that, in order to fit it all in, they must be paying someone else to do their sleeping for them. One such is Siddhartha Mukherjee. His ...