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Life's ratchet : how molecular machines extract order from chaos / Peter M. Hoffmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffmann, Peter M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Molecular biology.
- Bioenergetics.
- Life (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- Scientific and technological advances have made several contributions to our vocabulary in recent years, among them nanotechnology, nanoscale, and even more derivatives. Hoffman (physics and materials science, Wayne State U.) takes advantage of nanotechnology to explore the nanometer-sized "molecular machines" that are responsible for keeping cells alive and working properly, how those machines function, what they do, and the techniques and tools scientists use to measure and understand them. The book is, in a way, a from the bottom up view of how life works. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- What is life?
- The life force
- Chance and necessity
- The entropy of a late-night robber
- On a very small scale
- Maxwell's demon and Feynman's ratchet
- The mystery of life
- Twist and route
- The watch and the ribosome
- Making a living
- Life, the universe, and everything.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465022533
- 0465022537
- 9780465033362
- 0465033369
- OCLC:
- 808107321
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