Life''s Ratchet - How Molecular Machines Extract Order From Chaos

Informationen zum Autor Peter M. Hoffmann is a Professor of Physics and Materials Science at Wayne State University in Michigan, and the Founder and Director of the university's Biomedical Physics program. Born and raised in Germany, Hoffmann studied Mathematics and Physics at the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany. In 1992, he came to the U.S., where he studied physics at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He completed an M.S. in Physics in the area of nanoscience, and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. Hoffman is the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Science Foundation Early Career Award, as well as the Richard Barber Faculty and Staff Excellence Award, the College of Science and Presidential Teaching Awards, and the Career Development Chair Award from Wayne State University. Klappentext Life, Hoffman argues, emerges from the random motions of atoms filtered through the sophisticated structures of our evolved machinery. People are essentially giant assemblies of interacting nanoscale machines. How the noisy atomic cloud gives rise to the orderly world of the molecular machine-and to life itself Zusammenfassung How the noisy atomic cloud gives rise to the orderly world of the molecular machine-and to life itself

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hoffman, Peter Hoffmann, Peter M Hoffmann, Peter M. Hoffmann
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 99
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9780465022533
• ISBN: 978-0-465-02253-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 243 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology