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So Simple a Beginning

- How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World
Af: Raghuveer Parthasarathy Engelsk Paperback

So Simple a Beginning

- How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World
Af: Raghuveer Parthasarathy Engelsk Paperback
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A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature’s breathtaking complexityThe form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of physical principles shapes the forms and behaviors of every creature in it. So Simple a Beginning shows how the emerging new science of biophysics is transforming our understanding of life on Earth and enabling potentially lifesaving but controversial technologies such as gene editing, artificial organ growth, and ecosystem engineering. Raghuveer Parthasarathy explains how four basic principles—self-assembly, regulatory circuits, predictable randomness, and scaling—shape the machinery of life on scales ranging from microscopic molecules to gigantic elephants. He describes how biophysics is helping to unlock the secrets of a host of natural phenomena, such as how your limbs know to form at the proper places, and why humans need lungs but ants do not. Parthasarathy explores how the cutting-edge biotechnologies of tomorrow could enable us to alter living things in ways both subtle and profound. Featuring original artwork by the author, this sweeping tour of biophysics offers astonishing new perspectives on how the wonders of life can arise from so simple a beginning.
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A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature’s breathtaking complexityThe form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of physical principles shapes the forms and behaviors of every creature in it. So Simple a Beginning shows how the emerging new science of biophysics is transforming our understanding of life on Earth and enabling potentially lifesaving but controversial technologies such as gene editing, artificial organ growth, and ecosystem engineering. Raghuveer Parthasarathy explains how four basic principles—self-assembly, regulatory circuits, predictable randomness, and scaling—shape the machinery of life on scales ranging from microscopic molecules to gigantic elephants. He describes how biophysics is helping to unlock the secrets of a host of natural phenomena, such as how your limbs know to form at the proper places, and why humans need lungs but ants do not. Parthasarathy explores how the cutting-edge biotechnologies of tomorrow could enable us to alter living things in ways both subtle and profound. Featuring original artwork by the author, this sweeping tour of biophysics offers astonishing new perspectives on how the wonders of life can arise from so simple a beginning.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780691258676
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0691258678
Kategori: Biofysik
Udg. Dato: 19 mar 2024
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 227mm
Højde: 147mm
Forlag: Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato: 19 mar 2024
Forfatter(e): Raghuveer Parthasarathy
Forfatter(e) Raghuveer Parthasarathy


Kategori Biofysik


ISBN-13 9780691258676


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 227mm


Højde 147mm


Udg. Dato 19 mar 2024


Oplagsdato 19 mar 2024


Forlag Princeton University Press

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