Stepping Stones to Synthetic Biology [E-Book] / by Sergio Carrà.
This book explores fascinating topics at the edge of life, guiding the reader all the way from the relation of life processes to the second law of thermodynamics and the abundance of complex organic compounds in the universe through to the latest advances in synthetic biology and metabolic engineeri...
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| Personal Name(s): | Carrà, Sergio, author |
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Cham :
Springer,
2018
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| Physical Description: |
XV, 212 pages 68 illustrations, 34 illustrations in color. online resource. |
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englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783319954592 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-95459-2 |
| Series Title: |
The Frontiers Collection
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- 1 Devils, ratchets and molecular motors
- 2 Energy, entropy and information
- 3 A computer called Universe
- 4 Biomolecules and bioenergetics
- 5 What is life?
- 6 Information and complexity: a metaphor of natural systems and engineering
- 7 The path of evolution in nature and in technology. Digital evolution platform
- 8 Imitation of life: the cell in a silicon chip
- 9 Verum est factum: synthetic biology
- 10 Metabolic engineering: towards the post-oil era?.