An edition of The Touchstone of Life (1998)
The Touchstone of Life
Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
By Werner R. Loewenstein
Publish Date
October 30, 2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Language
eng
Pages
384
Description:
In The Touchstone of Life, eminent biophysicist Werner Loewenstein seeks answers to ancient riddles by applying information theory to recent discoveries in molecular biology. Taking us into a microscopic world, he lays bare an all-pervading communication network inside and between our cells - a web of extraordinary beauty, where molecular information flows in gracefully interlaced circles. Loewenstein then takes us on a journey along that web and we meet the macromolecules, and see how they capture information from their surrounds.