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Discovery : windows on the life sciences /

The goal of Discovery: Science as a Window to the World is to relay the excitement of sciene by exploring selected topics in biology and medicine in a way that reveals the process of discovery. Each chapter will focus on the curiosity and creativity that drives scientists to wonder, observe, questio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, Ricki
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On discovery
  • Origin of life: when chemistry became biology
  • Going out on a limb for the tree of life
  • In pursuit of prions
  • Tale of telomeres
  • Stem cells: the science of self-renewal
  • Roots of cloning
  • Homocysteine and heart health
  • On technology: gene therapy and genetically modified foods.