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So Simple a Beginning : How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World /
A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature's breathtaking complexityThe form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Introduction -- |t PART I The Ingredients of Life -- |t 1 DNA: A Code and a Cord -- |t 2 Proteins: Molecular Origami -- |t 3 Genes and the Mechanics of DNA -- |t 4 The Choreography of Genes -- |t 5 Membranes: A Liquid Skin -- |t 6 Predictable Randomness -- |t PART II Living Large -- |t 7 Assembling Embryos -- |t 8 Organs by Design -- |t 9 The Ecosystem inside You -- |t 10 A Sense of Scale -- |t 11 Life at the Surface -- |t 12 Mysteries of Size and Shape -- |t PART III Organisms by Design -- |t 13 How We Read DNA -- |t 14 Genetic Combinations -- |t 15 How We Write DNA -- |t 16 Designing the Future -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t References -- |t Index |
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| 520 | |a A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature's breathtaking complexityThe form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of physical principles shapes the forms and behaviors of every creature in it. So Simple a Beginning shows how the emerging new science of biophysics is transforming our understanding of life on Earth and enabling potentially lifesaving but controversial technologies such as gene editing, artificial organ growth, and ecosystem engineering.Raghuveer Parthasarathy explains how four basic principles-self-assembly, regulatory circuits, predictable randomness, and scaling-shape the machinery of life on scales ranging from microscopic molecules to gigantic elephants. He describes how biophysics is helping to unlock the secrets of a host of natural phenomena, such as how your limbs know to form at the proper places, and why humans need lungs but ants do not. Parthasarathy explores how the cutting-edge biotechnologies of tomorrow could enable us to alter living things in ways both subtle and profound.Featuring dozens of original watercolors and drawings by the author, this sweeping tour of biophysics offers astonishing new perspectives on how the wonders of life can arise from so simple a beginning. | ||
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| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Biophysics. | |
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| 653 | |a Abiogenesis. | ||
| 653 | |a Alfred Russel Wallace. | ||
| 653 | |a Anatomy. | ||
| 653 | |a Aquatic locomotion. | ||
| 653 | |a Bacteria. | ||
| 653 | |a Behavior. | ||
| 653 | |a Biochemistry. | ||
| 653 | |a Biology. | ||
| 653 | |a Biophysics. | ||
| 653 | |a Branching (polymer chemistry). | ||
| 653 | |a Bursting. | ||
| 653 | |a Calculation. | ||
| 653 | |a Carl Linnaeus. | ||
| 653 | |a Cartilage. | ||
| 653 | |a Cellular component. | ||
| 653 | |a Charles Darwin. | ||
| 653 | |a Chemical bond. | ||
| 653 | |a Chemical reaction. | ||
| 653 | |a Combustion. | ||
| 653 | |a Computation. | ||
| 653 | |a Cystic fibrosis. | ||
| 653 | |a Dengue fever. | ||
| 653 | |a Density. | ||
| 653 | |a Disease. | ||
| 653 | |a Elaboration. | ||
| 653 | |a Electric charge. | ||
| 653 | |a Embryo. | ||
| 653 | |a Emergence. | ||
| 653 | |a Emerging technologies. | ||
| 653 | |a Eradication of infectious diseases. | ||
| 653 | |a Evolution. | ||
| 653 | |a Gasoline. | ||
| 653 | |a Gene. | ||
| 653 | |a Genetic code. | ||
| 653 | |a Genetics. | ||
| 653 | |a Interstitial fluid. | ||
| 653 | |a Joseph Plateau. | ||
| 653 | |a Magnetic field. | ||
| 653 | |a Malaria. | ||
| 653 | |a Metabolism. | ||
| 653 | |a Microorganism. | ||
| 653 | |a Mixed nuts. | ||
| 653 | |a Mixture. | ||
| 653 | |a Moisture. | ||
| 653 | |a Molecule. | ||
| 653 | |a Multitude. | ||
| 653 | |a Nucleic acid sequence. | ||
| 653 | |a On the Origin of Species. | ||
| 653 | |a Organism. | ||
| 653 | |a Osteichthyes. | ||
| 653 | |a Phenomenon. | ||
| 653 | |a Photoreceptor cell. | ||
| 653 | |a Physical change. | ||
| 653 | |a Physical law. | ||
| 653 | |a Physicist. | ||
| 653 | |a Prediction. | ||
| 653 | |a Prenatal development. | ||
| 653 | |a Principle. | ||
| 653 | |a Probability. | ||
| 653 | |a Protein. | ||
| 653 | |a Randomness. | ||
| 653 | |a Raw material. | ||
| 653 | |a Receptor (biochemistry). | ||
| 653 | |a Regulation of gene expression. | ||
| 653 | |a Retina. | ||
| 653 | |a Self-assembly. | ||
| 653 | |a Smallpox. | ||
| 653 | |a Soap bubble. | ||
| 653 | |a Soap film. | ||
| 653 | |a Speciation. | ||
| 653 | |a Statistic. | ||
| 653 | |a Steel frame. | ||
| 653 | |a Stiffness. | ||
| 653 | |a Subatomic particle. | ||
| 653 | |a Surface area. | ||
| 653 | |a Swim bladder. | ||
| 653 | |a Technology. | ||
| 653 | |a Temperature. | ||
| 653 | |a Thermodynamics. | ||
| 653 | |a Thought. | ||
| 653 | |a Towel. | ||
| 653 | |a Trait theory. | ||
| 653 | |a Uncertainty. | ||
| 653 | |a Universe. | ||
| 653 | |a Vertebra. | ||
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