Molecules
a very short introduction
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Author
Contributions
- Ball, Philip, 1962- - Contributor
Publication
2003 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
42,500 words, Guess
Page Count
170 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3324486M
- ISBN-100192854305
- OCLC Control Number53822278
- OCLC Control Number55008787
- OCLC Control Numbermoleculesverysho0000ball
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004297610
- LibraryThing4770835
- Goodreads372296
Classifications
- DDC541/.22
- LCCQD461 .B227 2003
Description
"The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, previously published as Stories of the Invisible. Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us - how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multicelled Mozart, what makes a spider's silk insoluble in the morning dew, and how this molecular dynamism is being captured in the laboratory, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the century."--Jacket.
Subjects
Topics
Genres
- Popular works.
Series Statement
- Very short introductions
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