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A Computer in Every Living Cell
$29.08
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2011
Summary
In the tradition of as Erwin Schrödinger’s What Is Life? and Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene, a distinguished cell biologist explains how living cells perform computations
How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous system? This book offers a startling and original answer.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300167849 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300167849 |
| Author: | Dennis Bray |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
”‘Whilst Bray doesn’t shy away from using unfamiliar terms they are always explained in context. For a book delving into systems biology and comparing specific examples of biological processes to computational systems that’s quite a welcome surprise… The style is elegant and very readable.’ Celia Gitterman, Chemistry World ‘Biology and information lie at the heart of a new scientific revolution. In this timely and illuminating volume, Dennis Bray passionately weaves a compelling case for a computational view of life.’ Martyn Amos, author of Genesis Machines: The New Science of Biocomputing”
Dennis Bray
Dennis Bray is professor emeritus, University of Cambridge, and coauthor of several influential texts on molecular and cell biology. In 2007, he was awarded the prestigious European Science Prize in Computational Biology.
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