Description
The molecular structure of a protein (insulin) was described in detail for the first time in 1956: today such procedures are routine. Not only has the pace of biochemistry accelerated in recent years: with the perfection of the electron microscope and the development of cybernetics, the science has also widened and grown more complex.
The Chemistry of Life outlines the scope and achievement of a science which began as the study of the chemical constituents of living matter. Dealing successively with the chemical analysis of the living animal cell, the conversions induced between chemicals by the enzymes acting as catalysts, and the self- regulating nature of cells, Steven Rose explains how the design of particular cells influences their functions within the living organism as a whole.
ISBN:0140207902
