Stories Of The Invisible. A Guided Tour Of Molecules - Couverture rigide

Ball, Philip

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0192802143 ISBN 13 : 9780192802149

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

What are things made of ? 'Everything is composed of small mollycules of itself, and they are flying around in concentric circles and arcs and segments', explains Sergeant Fottrell in Flann O'Brien's The Dalkey Archive. Philip Ball shows that the world of the molecule is indeed a dynamic place. Using the chemistry of life as a springboard, he provides a new perspective on modern chemical science as a whole. Living cells are full of molecules in motion, communication, cooperation, and competition. Molecular scientists are now starting to capture the same dynamism in synthetic molecular systems, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the new century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Philip Ball is a science writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he was formerly an editor for physical science for over 10 years. He writes about all areas of science for the international press, and has broadcast on TV and radio. His previous books include Designing the Molecular World, The Self-Made Tapestry, and H20 : A Biography of Water. He holds a degree in chemistry from Oxford University and a doctorate in physics from Bristol University. He lives in London, where his Homunculus Theatre Company occasionally performs on a shoestring budget.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192802143
• ISBN 13: 9780192802149
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
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