The music of life : biology beyond the genome / Denis Noble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noble, Denis, 1936- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 153 p. ) ill.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Denis Noble sets out an alternative systems biology view: that the genome is not life itself. To understand life, it must be viewed at a variety of different levels, interacting with each other in a complex web. It is that emergent web, from the gene to the wider environment, that is life.

Contents:

1. The CD of Life: the genome; 2. The organ of 30,000 pipes; 3. The Score: is it written down?; 4. The Conductor: downward causation; 5. The Rhythm Section: the heartbeat and other rhythms; 6. The Orchestra: the organs and systems of the body; 7. Modes and Keys: cellular harmony; 8. The Composer: evolution; 9. The Opera Theatre: the brain; 10. Curtain Call: The artist disappears

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [144]-146) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04392-2

0-19-157880-0

1-281-77001-9

0-19-155175-9

9786611770013

1-281-15497-0

9786611154974

0-19-151627-9

OCLC:

262624422