The way of the cell : molecules, organisms, and the order of life
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Franklin M Harold
- ناشر : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2001
- شابک / ISBN : 9780195135121
Description
Schrodinger's riddle -- The quality of life -- Cells in nature and in theory -- Molecular logic -- A (almost) comprehensible cell -- It takes a cell to make a cell -- Morphogenesis: where form and function meet -- The advance of the microbe -- By descent with modification -- So what is life! -- Searching for the beginning -- Epilogue.
"What is life? Fifty years after physicist Erwin Schrodinger posed this question in his celebrated and inspiring book, the answer remains elusive. In The Way of the Cell, one of the world's most respected microbiologists draws on his wide knowledge of contemporary science to provide fresh insight into this intriguing and all-important question."--BOOK JACKET.
