The way of the cell : molecules, organisms, and the order of life / Franklin M. Harold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harold, Franklin M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cytology.

Life (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2001.

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Way of the Cell is a detailed account of what modern science can tell us about life as well as one scientist's personal attempt to bring understanding from the tide of knowledge.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Schrödinger's Riddle; 2 The Quality of Life; 3 Cells in Nature and in Theory; 4 Molecular Logic; 5 A (almost) Comprehensible Cell; 6 It Takes a Cell To Make a Cell; 7 Morphogenesis: Where Form and Function Meet; 8 The Advance of the Microbes; 9 By Descent with Modification; 10 So What is Life?; 11 Searching for the Beginning; Epilogue; Notes; References; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-288) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028557-5

0-19-770239-2

1-280-47331-2

9786610473311

0-19-530234-6

0-19-803088-6

1-60256-943-6

OCLC:

191038673