| Original | Transliteration | Translation | |
| Title | জীবনের গল্প | Jiboner Golpo | The Story of Life |
| Subtitle | দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড | Ditio Khondo | Second Part |
Language: Bengali
Pages: 152 + 8 colored plates
Binding: Hardcover
Type of work: Assorted articles, Translation
Subject matter: Popular biology
Contributions of Saumitra Chakravarty: Editor, Co-author, Translator, Cover-designer, Illustrator
First publication: February 2014
Publisher: Chhayabithi, 45/1 Purana Paltan (3rd Floor), Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Online shopping (within Bangladesh): rokomari.com
Synopsis:
The book is composed of sixteen selected articles on biological sciences. The subject matter varies widely from the origin of viruses to the phenomenon called ‘death’. The book spans the technological advances like nanotechnology on one hand, and deals with delicate issues on biological evolution on the other. It also contains practical info on the biology of blood transfusion and such which might be of use to anyone at any point of life. The authorship of the articles also covers a wide spectrum from nationally and internationally ackowledged prominent and classic writers of science to college freshmen debut. The objective of the book is not to throw a bunch of facts and information towards readers, nor is to make them experts on biological sciences, but to enable them to look critically towards articles on biological sciences and science as a whole. If the First Part of the Jiboner Golpo series is considered as a theoretical construct to do biology, this Second Part is a chance to apply those theories in a series of sixteen thought experiments, aka articles.
Contents / Articles:
[1] ভাইরাসের উৎপত্তি [Origin of Viruses]
[2] সম্ভাব্যতার কাঠগড়ায় প্রাকৃতিক নির্বাচন [Natural Selection from Probabilistic Point of View]
[3] কৃষ্ণা-তৃষ্ণার বিচ্ছেদ বৃত্তান্ত [Separation of Krishna & Trishna]
[4] হোমিওপ্যাথির কেন পার্শ্ব-প্রতিক্রিয়া নেই? [Why Homeopathy Has No Side Effects?]
[5] কৃত্রিম প্রাণ: জীবনের নতুন গল্প [Artificial Life: The New Story of Life]
[6] একটি রক্ত পরিসঞ্চালনের গল্প [Story of a Blood Transfusion]
[7] ন্যানোচিকিৎসা [Nanotreatment]
[8] বিজ্ঞান ও উদ্ভিদবিদ্যা [Science & Botany]
[9] নির্বাক জীবন [Life in Silence]
[10] আমি হতে চাই একজন বিজ্ঞানী [I Want to Be a Scientist]
[11] কুড়ি বছর পরে [Twenty Years Later]
[12] খেলায় খেলায় বদলে যাওয়া প্রাণের রূপকথা [Game Theory in Evolution]
[13] রিফ্লেক্স এবং ভাষাবিজ্ঞান [Reflex & Linguistics]
[14] স্মৃতি ও স্মৃতিতত্ত্ব [The Theory of Memory]
[15] যেভাবে করা হলো পাটের জিনোম সিকোয়েন্সিং [How The Jute Genome Was Sequenced]
[16] মৃত্যুর উৎপত্তি [Origin of Death]
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