How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist

Complete with colour illustrations and written in a conversational style, biochemist William Elliott unravels the mystery of life while revealing its majesty. How do chemical reactions occur? How do genes hold information? Why do our bodies age? What happens when someone gets cancer? How Life Works provides the inside word for those who are curious about the workings of the microscopic world inside us.

Biochemistry not only explains what DNA is and how it forms the blueprint for who you are, it also explains how the food you eat is broken down, supplying the energy to run a marathon. It shows the intricate structures of proteins and describes their amazing functions. With millions of interactions and reactions all taking place in accord, biochemistry is the science of how life works.

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How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist

Complete with colour illustrations and written in a conversational style, biochemist William Elliott unravels the mystery of life while revealing its majesty. How do chemical reactions occur? How do genes hold information? Why do our bodies age? What happens when someone gets cancer? How Life Works provides the inside word for those who are curious about the workings of the microscopic world inside us.

Biochemistry not only explains what DNA is and how it forms the blueprint for who you are, it also explains how the food you eat is broken down, supplying the energy to run a marathon. It shows the intricate structures of proteins and describes their amazing functions. With millions of interactions and reactions all taking place in accord, biochemistry is the science of how life works.

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How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist

How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist

How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist

How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist

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Overview

Complete with colour illustrations and written in a conversational style, biochemist William Elliott unravels the mystery of life while revealing its majesty. How do chemical reactions occur? How do genes hold information? Why do our bodies age? What happens when someone gets cancer? How Life Works provides the inside word for those who are curious about the workings of the microscopic world inside us.

Biochemistry not only explains what DNA is and how it forms the blueprint for who you are, it also explains how the food you eat is broken down, supplying the energy to run a marathon. It shows the intricate structures of proteins and describes their amazing functions. With millions of interactions and reactions all taking place in accord, biochemistry is the science of how life works.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781486300495
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Publication date: 09/01/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
File size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements

1 The Fantastic Nature of Matter
2 The Problem of How to Supply Energy to Living Processes
3 Enzymes Bring About the Reactions of Life
4 Proteins: The Wonder Molecules of Life
5 The Genetic Problem and DNA
6 Deciphering the Genetic Code
7 The Life and Death of Cells
8 The Origin of Life

Index

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