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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Autor principal: Parthasarathy, Raghuveer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Biophysics.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics.
Abiogenesis.
Alfred Russel Wallace.
Anatomy.
Aquatic locomotion.
Bacteria.
Behavior.
Biochemistry.
Biology.
Branching (polymer chemistry).
Bursting.
Calculation.
Carl Linnaeus.
Cartilage.
Cellular component.
Charles Darwin.
Chemical bond.
Chemical reaction.
Combustion.
Computation.
Cystic fibrosis.
Dengue fever.
Density.
Disease.
Elaboration.
Electric charge.
Embryo.
Emergence.
Emerging technologies.
Eradication of infectious diseases.
Evolution.
Gasoline.
Gene.
Genetic code.
Genetics.
Interstitial fluid.
Joseph Plateau.
Magnetic field.
Malaria.
Metabolism.
Microorganism.
Mixed nuts.
Mixture.
Moisture.
Molecule.
Multitude.
Nucleic acid sequence.
On the Origin of Species.
Organism.
Osteichthyes.
Phenomenon.
Photoreceptor cell.
Physical change.
Physical law.
Physicist.
Prediction.
Prenatal development.
Principle.
Probability.
Protein.
Randomness.
Raw material.
Receptor (biochemistry).
Regulation of gene expression.
Retina.
Self-assembly.
Smallpox.
Soap bubble.
Soap film.
Speciation.
Statistic.
Steel frame.
Stiffness.
Subatomic particle.
Surface area.
Swim bladder.
Technology.
Temperature.
Thermodynamics.
Thought.
Towel.
Trait theory.
Uncertainty.
Universe.
Vertebra.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • PART I The Ingredients of Life
  • 1 DNA: A Code and a Cord
  • 2 Proteins: Molecular Origami
  • 3 Genes and the Mechanics of DNA
  • 4 The Choreography of Genes
  • 5 Membranes: A Liquid Skin
  • 6 Predictable Randomness
  • PART II Living Large
  • 7 Assembling Embryos
  • 8 Organs by Design
  • 9 The Ecosystem inside You
  • 10 A Sense of Scale
  • 11 Life at the Surface
  • 12 Mysteries of Size and Shape
  • PART III Organisms by Design
  • 13 How We Read DNA
  • 14 Genetic Combinations
  • 15 How We Write DNA
  • 16 Designing the Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Index

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