Life itself : exploring the realm of the living cell / Boyce Rensberger ; illustrations by Nigel Orme.

  • Rensberger, Boyce.
Date:
1996
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Physical description

x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents

A particle of life -- Molecular motors -- Animation -- The living-room cell -- How genes work -- One life becomes two -- Two lives become one -- Constructing a person -- Pumping protein -- Heal thyself -- In self-defense -- Revolution -- The immortality within.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-279) and index.

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ISBN

  • 0195108744