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Molecules : a Very Short Introduction by Ball, Philip, 1962-; Ball, Philip, 1962- Stories of the invisible 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, Previously Published As Stories Of The Invisible. Philip Ball Explores The Role Of The Molecule In And Around Us - How, For Example, A Single Fertilized Egg Can Grow Into A Multicelled Mozart, What Makes A 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 Creative Science Of The Century.--jacket. Engineers Of The Invisible: Making Molecules -- Vital Signs: The Molecules Of Life -- Take The Strain: Materials From Molecules -- The Burning Issue: Molecules And Energy -- Good Little Movers: Molecular Motors -- Delivering The Message: Molecular Communication -- The Chemical Computer: Molecular Information. Philip Ball. First Published As: Stories Of The Invisible, 2001. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 161) And Index.
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ball, Philip, 1962-; Ball, Philip, 1962- Stories of the invisible
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780192854308
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Chemistry, Science
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (43 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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