Overview

"This book brings together three decades worth of collaborative research to address the question ""What sustains life?"" In part a scientific response to Schroedinger's work ""What is Life?"" Urry's text contains elements of memoir, history, and a solid, informative scientific core that will interest both the general reader, student, and professional researcher."

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Author:   Dan W. Urry
Publisher:   Birkhauser Boston Inc
Imprint:   Birkhauser Boston Inc
Edition:   2006 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.552kg
ISBN:  

9780817643461

ISBN 10:   081764346
Pages:   632
Publication Date:   21 September 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

What Sustains Life? An Overview.- The Pilgrimage: Highlights in Our Understanding of the Products and Components of Living Organisms.- Likelihood of Life’s Protein Machines: Extravagant in Construction Yet Efficient in Function.- Consilient Mechanisms for Diverse Protein-based Machines: The Efficient Comprehensive Hydrophobic Effect.- On the Evolution of Protein-based Machines (Toward Complexity of Structure and Diversity of Function).- Biology Thrives Near a Movable Cusp of Insolubility.- Consilient Mechanisms for Protein-based machines of Biology.- Advanced Materials for the Future: Protein-based Materials with Potential to Sustain Individual Health and Societal Development.- Epilogue.

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