Elegance in Science: The beauty of simplicity
Author:   Ian Glynn (Emeritus Professor of Physiology at Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199578627


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   22 April 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Ian Glynn (Emeritus Professor of Physiology at Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.491kg
ISBN:  

9780199578627


ISBN 10:   0199578621
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   22 April 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: The meaning of elegance 2: Celestial mechanics 3: Bringing the heavens down to Earth 4: So what is heat? 5: Elegance and electricity 6: Throwing light on light 7: How do nerves work? 8: Information handling in the brain 9: The genetic code: a hundred years of decoding 10: Epilogue: a cautionary tale

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An erudite book...Well illustrated and full of historical anecdote and background, this is an elegant volume indeed. Serge Daan, Nature


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Professor Ian Glynn is Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His work on the 'sodium pump' (the molecular machine that quite literally keeps the brains batteries charged) led to his election to the Royal Society and to Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has also served as a member of the Medical Research Council, the Agricultural and Food Research Council, and the Countil of the Royal Society.

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