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What is life? : five great ideas in biology

5 great ideas in biology (portion title)

Nurse, Paul 1949- (author.).

Summary: Nurse takes readers on a wondrous journey through five fundamental biological ideas: the cell, the gene, evolution by natural selection, life as chemistry, and life as information. He introduces the scientists who made the most important advances, and takes us into his own lab to give us a sense of the thrill of scientific discovery. He concludes with a stirring encomium to biology's role in tackling infectious disease. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 0393541150
ISBN: 9780393541151
Physical Description: 145 pages ; 22 cm
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Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Cell: biology's atom -- Gene: the test of time -- Evolution by natural selection: chance and necessity -- Life as chemistry: order from chaos -- Life as information: working as a whole -- Changing the world -- What is life?