Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2009. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 198 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.25 inches. 2009. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0195383419 9780195383416 [GB]

New York: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., Date: 2008. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 198pp. A study of the ultimate mystery of biology.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8 x 5.5 inches. 2008. Oxford University Press, U.S.A. ISBN 0195383419 9780195383416 [GB]

ISBN10: 0195383419, ISBN13: 9780195383416, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. Erwin Schroedinger's 1944 classic What Is Life? is a small book that occupies a large place among the great written works of the twentieth century. It is said that it helped launch the modern revolution in biology and genetics, and inspired a generation of scientists, including Watson and Crick, to explore the riddle of life itself. Now, more than sixty years later, science writer Ed Regis offers an intriguing look at wherethis quest stands today. Regis ranges widely here, illuminating many diverse efforts to solve one of science's great mysteries. He examines the genesis of Schroedinger's great book--which first debuted as three publiclectures in Dublin--and details the fantastic reception his ideas received, both in Europe and America. Regis also introduces us to the work of a remarkable group of scientists who are attempting literally to create life from scratch, starting with molecular components that they hope to assemble into the world's first synthetic living cell. The book also examines how scientists have unlocked the "three secrets of life," describes the key role played by ATP ("the ultimate driving force of alllife"), and outlines the many attempts to explain how life first arose on earth, a puzzle that has given birth to a wide range of theories (which Francis Crick dismissed as "too much ...
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