Books by "Richard C. Wilkerson"
2 books found
The greatest mystery of life is how a single fertilized egg develops into a fully functioning, sometimes conscious multicellular organism. Embryogenesis Explained offers a new theory of how embryos build themselves, and combines simple physics with the most recent biochemical and genetic breakthroughs, based on the authors' prediction and then discovery of differentiation waves. They explain their ideas in a form accessible to the lay person and a broad spectrum of scientists and engineers. The diverse subjects of development, genetics and evolution, and their physics, are brought together to explain this major, previously unanswered scientific question of our time.As a follow up on The Hierarchical Genome, this book is a shorter but conceptually expanded work for the reader who is interested in science. It is useful as a starting point for the curious layman or the scientist or professional encountering the problem of embryogenesis without the formal biology background. There is also material useful for the seasoned biologist caught up in the new rush of information about the role of mechanics in developmental biology and cellular level mechanics in medicine.
Black students, growing up in a small rural and segregated town, were faced with many disadvantages as they pursued paths to overcoming an environment that was not very supportive of them receiving a quality education. These students were not even provided with minimally adequate materials needed to gain knowledge to enter college, or with skill needed to obtain high level jobs, such as usable textbooks and a library necessary for advancing their knowledge base. Despite these challenges many of these students went on to become very successful in life.