Our Molecular Nature: The Body's Motors, Machines and Messages
Author:   David S. Goodsell
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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9780387944982


Pages:   193
Publication Date:   19 April 1996
Format:   Hardback
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Our Molecular Nature: The Body's Motors, Machines and Messages


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Author:   David S. Goodsell
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9780387944982


ISBN 10:   0387944982
Pages:   193
Publication Date:   19 April 1996
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

1 The Molecular World.- Looking at the Molecular World.- The Names of Molecules.- Molecular Building Blocks.- 2 Building Molecules.- Enzymes.- Information.- 3 Powering the Body.- Digestion.- Chemical Energy.- 4 Form and Motion.- Cell Form.- Body Form.- Molecular Motors.- 5 Dangers and Defenses.- Toxins and Venoms.- Detoxification.- Immunity.- Healing.- 6 Molecules and the Mind.- Hormones.- Sense.- Thought.- Epilogue: Molecules and Medicine.- Further Reading.- Sources of Macromolecular Structures.

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.,. marshals a potentially unmanageable collection of biological curiosities into a deceptively simple story that should be accessible to virtually anyone with a desire to know something of the natural history of the molecules of life. New Scientist .,. this book can be entitled as 'sensational' Cellular and Molecular Biology


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