Vital Principles
Molecular Mechanisms of Life
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1988
Blackwell Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-631-15398-6 (ISBN)
Blackwell Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-631-15398-6 (ISBN)
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A guide to what is known about the essential physics, chemistry and biology of life. Assuming no scientific knowledge, this account of how our microworld works, begins at the level of atoms and works up through genes and proteins to the cells, tissues and organs of multicellular life.
This book is a guide to what is known about the essential physics, chemistry and biology of life. No scientific knowledge is needed to understand this account of how our microworld works. "Vital Principles" explains what living things are made of and how they work, beginning at the level of atoms and working up through genes and proteins to the cells, tissues and organs of multicellular life. Andrew Scott demonstrates that living things are just intricate chemical machines composed and and sustained by chemicals interacting according to the fundamental laws of physics. The continual interplay of chemicals as they react to one another's prescence is all we can find within us. There is no mysterious essential force as was once thought. The energy needed for this "dance of life" comes directly from the sun. The book should be of interest to general readers, as well as scientists at all levels.
This book is a guide to what is known about the essential physics, chemistry and biology of life. No scientific knowledge is needed to understand this account of how our microworld works. "Vital Principles" explains what living things are made of and how they work, beginning at the level of atoms and working up through genes and proteins to the cells, tissues and organs of multicellular life. Andrew Scott demonstrates that living things are just intricate chemical machines composed and and sustained by chemicals interacting according to the fundamental laws of physics. The continual interplay of chemicals as they react to one another's prescence is all we can find within us. There is no mysterious essential force as was once thought. The energy needed for this "dance of life" comes directly from the sun. The book should be of interest to general readers, as well as scientists at all levels.
1. The mystery ; 2. Simple facts ; 3. Proteins make genes make proteins ; 4. The powers of proteins ; 5. Membranes and metabolites ; 6. Getting the energy ; 7. Keeping control ; 8. The nervous mind ; 9. The creativity of evolution ; 10. Principles to live by ; 11. Mystery remains
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.8.1988 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | glossary, list of further reading, index |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 220 mm |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-631-15398-5 / 0631153985 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-631-15398-6 / 9780631153986 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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