LIfe Explained - Couverture souple

Morange, Michel

 
9780300150834: LIfe Explained
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0300150830 ISBN 13 : 9780300150834
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Fifty years ago Francis Crick and James D. Watson proposed the double helix model for the DNA molecule. They believed they had, as Crick put it, discovered the secret of life, and many agreed. But in the intervening years, science has marched--sometimes leaped--forward, and now the question What is life? must be posed once again. In this accessible and fascinating book, Michel Morange draws on recent advances in molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, astrobiology, and other disciplines to find today's answers to the question of life. He begins by discussing the various answers that have been formulated in the past, setting contemporary definitions of life within a rich philosophical and scientific tradition that reaches back to ancient Greece. Then, with impeccable logic and a wealth of appropriate detail, Morange proceeds to lay out the fundamental characteristics that define life. The road to an understanding of life remains incompletely charted, he concludes, but the nature of its final destination is no longer an enigma.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Fifty years ago Francis Crick and James D. Watson proposed the double helix model for the DNA molecule. They believed they had, as Crick put it, discovered the 'secret of life', and many agreed. But in the intervening years, science has marched - sometimes leaped - forward, and now the question 'What is life?' must be posed once again. In this accessible and fascinating book, Michel Morange draws on recent advances in molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, astrobiology, and other disciplines to find today's answers to the question of life. He begins by discussing the various answers that have been formulated in the past, setting contemporary definitions of life within a rich philosophical and scientific tradition that reaches back to ancient Greece. Then, with impeccable logic and a wealth of appropriate detail, Morange proceeds to lay out the fundamental characteristics that define life. The road to an understanding of life remains incompletely charted, he concludes, but the nature of its final destination is no longer an enigma.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michel Morange is professor of biology at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, where he directs the Centre Cavailles for the History and Philosophy of Science. He is the author of 'The Misunderstood Gene' and 'A History of Molecular Biology', and has published many articles in scientific journals. Matthew Cobb is senior lecturer in animal behaviour at the University of Manchester. Malcolm DeBevoise has translated some thirty works from French in all branches of scholarship.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300150830
ISBN 13 
9780300150834
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
284
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : Yale University Press, 2008
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