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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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New Haven, Conn. : Paris :
Yale University Press ; Éditions Odile Jacob,
©2008.
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Colección: | Odile Jacob Book.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
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