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Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The author provides a discussion of cell biology and organic molecules using illustrations. The illustrations provide insight into the complexity of the organism, organelles, and organic molecules. The sections on cellular senescence and death are interesting. I also enjoyed reading about the interactions of drugs and vitamins. Sections on bacteria, viruses, and the specialized cells of plants and animals was also helpful. An illustrated manual of biochemistry, this book show us the structure of the molecules involved in life processes. Illustrations and computer generated images show the shape, configuration and orientation of molecular machines in situ as well as the three-dimensional shapes of proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, nucleic acids. Describes structures of human cells, bacteria, and viruses. Covers cellular processes from DNA repair to aging and death. Explores vitamins, toxins, and drugs. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Imagine that we had some way to look directly at the molecules in a living organism. An x-ray microscope would do the trick, or since we're dreaming, perhaps an Asimov-style nanosubmarine (unfortunately, neither is currently feasible). Think of the wonders we could witness firsthand: antibodies atta- ing a virus, electrical signals racing down nerve fibers, proteins building new strands of DNA. Many of the questions puzzling the current cadre of sci- tists would be answered at a glance. But the nanoscale world of molecules is separated from our everyday world of experience by a daunting million-fold difference in size, so the world of molecules is completely invisible. I created the illustrations in this book to help bridge this gulf and allow us to see the molecular structure of cells, if not directly, then in an artistic rendition. I have included two types of illustrations with this goal in mind: watercolor paintings which magnify a small portion of a living cell by one million times, showing the arrangement of molecules inside, and comput- generated pictures, which show the atomic details of individual molecules. In this second edition of The Machinery of Life, these illustrations are presented in full color, and they incorporate many of the exciting scientific advances of the 15 years since the first edition. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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While fascinating and mostly lucid, sometimes the soup of molecule names became a bit much. And I would have been very interesting in learning more about *how* these fancy molecules interact with one another. But it seems to be implied that these mechanisms are terribly complicated, and probably would have expanded the scope of this book too much.
Overall, a fascinating overview of a topic I knew nothing about. I feel I learned a lot and gained quite a bit of intuition about the cellular automata. Well worth a read! (