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Life explained /

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Fifty years ago Francis Crick and James D. Watson proposed the double helix model for the DNA molecule. They believed they had, as Crick put it, discovered the 8220;secret of life,8221; and many agreed. But in the intervening years, science has marched8...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morange, Michel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Paris : Yale University Press ; Éditions Odile Jacob, ©2008.
©2008
Colección:Odile Jacob Book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I: The Death and Resurrection of Life
  • ONE: The Twilight of Life
  • TWO: Life as Genetic Information
  • THREE: The Return of Life
  • Part II: The Question in Historical Perspective
  • FOUR: A Rich Heritage
  • FIVE: Contemporary Answers
  • Part III: Contributions of Current Research
  • SIX: Looking for Life8217;s Past
  • SEVEN: Retracing the Path of Life
  • EIGHT: Reading the Palimpsest of Life
  • NINE: Life Under Extreme Conditions
  • TEN: The Search for a Minimal Genome
  • ELEVEN: Astrobiological Investigations
  • TWELVE: Life as a Living System
  • Part IV: A Few Necessarily Provisional Conclusions
  • THIRTEEN: Objections and Replies
  • FOURTEEN: Darwinism in Its Proper Place
  • FIFTEEN: The Lure of Complexity
  • SIXTEEN: The Three Pillars of Life
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
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