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Light and life /

There would be no life on Earth without light from the Sun, and life would not be as highly evolved as it is had it not made the best use of light's energy and information for using photosynthesis, biological clocks, and vision. In Light and Life, Michael Gross explores six major aspects of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gross, Michael, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: confessions of a light-addict
  • The right place at the right time
  • The oxygen revolution: how cyanobacteria changed the world
  • Creatures that glow in the dark
  • How life is guided by light
  • Seeing and perceiving
  • Changing ideas about light and life.