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- catalog abstract "In The Touchstone of Life, eminent biophysicist Werner Loewenstein seeks answers to ancient riddles by applying information theory to recent discoveries in molecular biology. Taking us into a microscopic world, he lays bare an all-pervading communication network inside and between our cells - a web of extraordinary beauty, where molecular information flows in gracefully interlaced circles. Loewenstein then takes us on a journey along that web and we meet the macromolecules, and see how they capture information from their surrounds.".
- catalog contributor b11054458.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "In The Touchstone of Life, eminent biophysicist Werner Loewenstein seeks answers to ancient riddles by applying information theory to recent discoveries in molecular biology. Taking us into a microscopic world, he lays bare an all-pervading communication network inside and between our cells - a web of extraordinary beauty, where molecular information flows in gracefully interlaced circles. Loewenstein then takes us on a journey along that web and we meet the macromolecules, and see how they capture information from their surrounds.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-359) and index.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Information and the Origins of Life. 1. Information and Organisms. 2. The Cosmic Origins of Information. 3. The Growth of the Cosmic Inheritance on Earth. 4. From Energy to Bonds to Molecular Information: The Information/Entropy Balancing Act. 5. The Three-Dimensional Carriers of Biological Information. 6. The Growth of Biological Information -- pt. 2. Information Flow Inside Cells. 7. The Two Information Realms. 8. The Game of Seek and Find -- pt. 3. Information Flow between Cells. 9. Rules of the Intercellular Communication Game. 10. The Broadcasting of Cellular Information. 11. Intercellular Communication Cheek-by-Jowl. 12. Intercellular Communication Via Channels in the Cell Membrane.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 366 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195118286 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "1999 B-694".
- catalog subject "571.6 21".
- catalog subject "Biophysics.".
- catalog subject "Cell Communication.".
- catalog subject "Cell interaction.".
- catalog subject "Cellular signal transduction.".
- catalog subject "Information Theory.".
- catalog subject "Information theory in biology.".
- catalog subject "Molecular Biology.".
- catalog subject "QH 507 L827t 1999".
- catalog subject "QH507 .L64 1999".
- catalog subject "Signal Transduction physiology.".
- catalog subject "Signal Transduction.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Information and the Origins of Life. 1. Information and Organisms. 2. The Cosmic Origins of Information. 3. The Growth of the Cosmic Inheritance on Earth. 4. From Energy to Bonds to Molecular Information: The Information/Entropy Balancing Act. 5. The Three-Dimensional Carriers of Biological Information. 6. The Growth of Biological Information -- pt. 2. Information Flow Inside Cells. 7. The Two Information Realms. 8. The Game of Seek and Find -- pt. 3. Information Flow between Cells. 9. Rules of the Intercellular Communication Game. 10. The Broadcasting of Cellular Information. 11. Intercellular Communication Cheek-by-Jowl. 12. Intercellular Communication Via Channels in the Cell Membrane.".
- catalog title "The touchstone of life : molecular information, cell communication, and the foundations of life / Werner R. Loewenstein.".
- catalog type "text".