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The touchstone of life: molecular information, cell communication, and the foundations of life / Werner R. Loewenstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loewenstein, Werner R., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information theory in biology.
- Cell interaction.
- Cellular signal transduction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do living things manage to bring forth and maintain order against the disordering pressures of the universe? Cell biologist Loewenstein presents some of the answers emerging as information theory is applied to biology and physics.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE. INFORMATION AND THE ORIGINS OF LIFE; PART TWO. INFORMATION FLOW INSIDE CELLS; PART THREE. INFORMATION FLOW BETWEEN CELLS; PART FOUR. THE SCIENCE OF THE PECULIAR; Epilogue; Appendix. A Brief Chronicle of ""Information""; Recommended Reading; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028362-9
- 0-19-770224-4
- 1-280-52970-9
- 9786610529704
- 0-19-802792-3
- 1-4294-0455-8
- OCLC:
- 476015350
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