Description: Further DetailsTitle: So Simple a BeginningCondition: NewSubtitle: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living WorldISBN-10: 0691258678EAN: 9780691258676ISBN: 9780691258676Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/19/2024Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Raghuveer ParthasarathyGenre: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: So Simple a Beginning
Title: So Simple a Beginning
Subtitle: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World
ISBN-10: 0691258678
EAN: 9780691258676
ISBN: 9780691258676
Release Date: 03/19/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: So Simple a Beginning : How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Life Sciences / Biophysics, Life Sciences / Developmental Biology, Life Sciences / Biology
Item Weight: 17.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Science
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Raghuveer Parthasarathy
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
