자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Harold, Franklin M., author. |
서명/저자사항 | On life :cells, genes, and the evolution of complexity /Franklin M. Harold. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xv, 201 pages) : illustrations |
소장본 주기 | WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650 |
ISBN | 9780197604571 0197604579 0197604560 9780197604557 0197604552 9780197604564 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | I. The nature of living things -- Strange objects -- Living cells, lifeless molecules -- Life makes itself -- Putting the cell in order -- II. The web that weaves itself -- The Darwinian outlook -- Evolution of the cell -- The perennial riddle of life's origin -- III. The gyre of complexity -- The expansion of life -- The tangled bank -- From egg to organism -- The outer banks of order -- Epilogue: Comprehensible, but complex and perplexing. |
요약 | Franklin M. Harold's On Life reveals what science can tell us about the living world.All creatures, from bacteria and redwoods to garden snails and humans, belong to a single biochemical family. We all operate by the same principles and are all made up of cells, either one or many. We flaunt capacities that far exceed those of inanimate matter, yet we stand squarely within the material world. So what is life, anyway? How do living things function, and how did they come into existence? Questions like these have baffled philosophers and scientists since antiquity, but over the past half-century answers have begun to emerge.Offering an inside look, Franklin M. Harold makes life accessible to readers interested in the biological big picture. The book traces how living things operate, focusing on the interplay of biology with physics and chemistry. He asserts that biology stands apart from the physical sciences because life revolves around organization-- that is, purposeful order.On Life aims to make life intelligible by giving readers an understanding of the biological landscape; it sketches the principles as biologists presently understand them and highlights major unresolved issues. What emerges is a biology bracketed by two stubborn mysteries: the nature of the mind and the origin of life. This portrait of biology is comprehensible but inescapably complex, internally consistent, and buttressed by a wealth of factual knowledge. |
일반주제명 | Biology -- Popular works. Cytology -- Popular works. Life (Biology) -- Popular works. |
언어 | 영어 |
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