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Molecules : a Very Short Introduction

By Ball , Philip

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9780191540448, 0191540447, 9780191776724, 0191776726, 0-19-285430-5, 9780192854308
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
2 MB (1752680 bytes)
Series
Very short introductions
Edition
1
Pages
193\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Molecules.;Chemistry.

Description

The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us--how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multi-celled Mozart, what makes spider's silk insoluble in the morning dew, and how this molecular dynamism is being captured in the laboratory, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the century Content: Engineers of the invisible: making molecules -- Vital signs: the molecules of life -- Take the strain: materials from molecules -- The burning issue: molecules and energy -- Good little movers: molecular motors -- Delivering the message: molecular communication -- The chemical computer: molecular information.

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