David S. Goodsell
Autor de The Machinery of Life
Obras de David S. Goodsell
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Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
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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.
This is okay, but what's it supposed to be exactly ?
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.
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Miembros
- 342
- Popularidad
- #69,721
- Valoración
- 4.2
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 21
- Idiomas
- 2
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!… (más)