A Is for Amoeba: The Story of Life in a Single Cell

Amoebas have a LOT more to teach us than what we remember from high school science. Come hear surprising stories of how amoebas:

• help to explain the origins of pain and suffering in animals
• influenced figures like Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud
• are athletic predators with the rudiments of consciousness
• have the biggest genomes of any organisms
• have mastered a form of genderless immortality
• have informed pop culture, from movies like The Blob to the cartoons of Gary Larson (The Far Side).

Author Nik Money explains how white blood cells and metastatic cancer cells behave like amoebas, curing and causing a range of illnesses, and how research using artificial amoebas has profound implications for AI, robotics, and bioengineering.

From its graceful movements to its astounding problem-solving skills, the amoeba is the perfect guide to the business of being alive on Earth.

Nicholas Money is a mycologist and professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
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