Secret chambers the inside story of cells and complex life takes us on a journey to understand the complexity of the complex modern cell and of the quest to rescue its hidden history from deep within the fossil record p vi overall in this book we learn about the for mation and evolution of symbiosis between cells and. The appearance of the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in the whole history of life and as martin brasier shows in secret chambers decoding this puzzle has been a great adventure that has mainly taken place over the last fifty years covering the period from 1 to 2 billion years ago brasier presents the modern understanding of the origin of the complex cell without which there would be nothing on earth today except bacteria. Covering the period from 1 to 2 billion years ago brasier presents the modern understanding of the the appearance of the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in the whole history of life and as martin brasier shows in secret chambers decoding this puzzle has been a great adventure that has mainly taken place . Review of secret chambers the insider story of cells and complex life martin brasier 2012 oxford university press uk pp 320 with 15 black and white illustrations and 8 pages of color plates . Secret chambers the inside story of cells complex life by martin brasier 2012 oxford university press isbn 9780199644001 256 pp hardcover 2995 why did symbiotic relationships between prokaryotes become a permanent enslavement resulting in the eukaryotic cell this provocative question is at the heart of the book secret chambers