From one of the great iconoclasts of modern biology, Lynn Margulis, a groundbreaking new theory of the origins of species. How do new species evolve? Lynn Margulis and her science-writer son Dorion Sagan take a radically new approach to this question – symbiogenesis. They show that speciation events are not, in fact, rare or hard to observe. Genomes are acquired by infection, by feeding, and by other ecological associations, and then inherited.

The discussion will be led by SHSNY Book Club Editor Elaine Lynn.

Join us even if you haven't finished reading. The book club is open to all ... and free! Every meeting is a book swap, too. Bring the books gathering dust on your shelves and take your pick of other readers' castaways. The leftovers? Donated.