The Way of the Cell - Molecules, Organisms, and the Order of Life

List of contents

• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• 1: Schrödinger's Riddle


• 2: The Quality of Life


• 3: Cells in Nature and in Theory


• 4: Molecular Logic


• 5: A (almost) Comprehensible Cell


• 6: It Takes a Cell to Make a Cell


• 7: Morphogenesis: Where Form and Function Meet


• 8: The Advance of the Microbes


• 9: By Descent with Modification


• 10: So What is Life?


• 11: Searching for the Beginning


• Epilogue


• Notes


• References


• Glossary


• Index

About the author

Franklin M. Harold is Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State University. He lives in Edmonds, Washington.

For more information about the author, visit http://franklinharold.com

Summary

What is life? Fifty years after physicist Erwin Schrodinger posed this question in his celebrated and inspiring book, the answer remains elusive. In The Way of the Cell, one of the world's most respected microbiologists draws on his wide knowledge of contemporary science to provide fresh insight into this intriguing and all-important question.

Additional text

"This book helps us understand why the search for answers to the riddle 'What is life?' is a noble quest."--Howard C. Berg, author of Random Walks in Biology

Product details

• Authors: Franklin M. Harold, Franklin M. (Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Harold, Harold Franklin M.
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780195163384
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516338-4
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: numerous line drawings and 1 table.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Microbiology (non-medical), SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, molecular biology, Life sciences: general issues, Cellular biology (cytology)