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On life : cells, genes, and the evolution of complexity / Franklin M. Harold.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harold, Franklin M., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Popular works.
- Biology.
- Cytology--Popular works.
- Cytology.
- Life (Biology)--Popular works.
- Life (Biology).
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Offering an inside look into the world around us, microbiologist Franklin M. Harold makes life intelligible for readers interested in biology. The book traces living things and how they operate, focusing on questions about the interaction between physics, chemistry, and biology.
- Contents:
- Cover
- On Life
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part I: The Nature of Living Things
- 1. Strange Objects
- 2. Living Cells, Lifeless Molecules
- 3. Life Makes Itself
- 4. Putting the Cell in Order
- Part II: The Web that Weaves Itself
- 5. The Darwinian Outlook
- 6. Evolution of the Cell
- 7. The Perennial Riddle of Life's Origin
- Part III: The Gyre of Complexity
- 8. The Expansion of Life
- 9. The Tangled Bank
- 10. From Egg to Organism
- 11. The Outer Banks of Order
- Epilogue: Comprehensible, but Complex and Perplexing
- Glossary
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-760457-9
- 0-19-760456-0
- OCLC:
- 1283850658
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