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The Atoms Within Us / Ernest Borek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borek, Ernest, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1961]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Serves as a primer in the science of biochemistry featuring information not only on atoms, but also enzymes, vitamins, sugars, blood, and genes.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Contents
- 1. The Stuff of Life
- 2. Enzymes
- 3. Vitamins
- 4. Sugars
- 5. Isotopes
- 6. Amino Acids and Proteins
- 7. Atomic Architecture
- 8. Blood
- 9. Cell Defense
- 10. Genes
- 11. Viruses and Cancer
- 12. The Brain
- 13. Atoms into Life
- 14. The Best is yet to Be
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-231-89200-4
- OCLC:
- 985369361
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