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Molecules : a Very Short Introduction by Ball, Philip is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Molecules : a Very Short Introduction about?
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, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us - how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multi-celled Mozart, what makes 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 crea
Who reads Molecules : a Very Short Introduction?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ball, Philip
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192854308
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Biology, Chemistry
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (43 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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