The Touchstone of Life
Werner R. Loewenstein · 1998
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In The Touchstone of Life, eminent biophysicist Werner Loewenstein seeks answers to ancient riddles by applying information theory to recent discoveries in molecular biology. Taking us into a microscopic world, he lays bare an all-pervading communication network inside and between our cells - a web of extraordinary beauty, where molecular information flows in gracefully interlaced circles. Loewenstein then takes us on a journey along that web and we meet the macromolecules, and see how they capture information from their surrounds.
First sentence: No one can escape a sense of wonder when looking at a living being from within.
Book details
- Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Editions
- 5
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780195140576
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