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.
Author: Philip Ball
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/01/2003
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780192854308
ISBN10: 0192854305
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Chemistry | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Molecular Biology
- Science | Physics | Atomic & Molecular
Author: Philip Ball
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 12/01/2003
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.30w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780192854308
ISBN10: 0192854305
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Chemistry | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Molecular Biology
- Science | Physics | Atomic & Molecular
About the Author
Philip Ball is a science writer and a consultant editor for Nature. His previous books include Designing the Molecular World, The Self-Made Tapestry, H20: A Biography of Water and The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements. He lives in London.