Buch, Englisch, 339 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 711 g
Buch, Englisch, 339 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 711 g
ISBN: 978-3-540-78822-5
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
How did life begin on the early Earth? We know that life today is driven by the universal laws of chemistry and physics. By applying these laws over the past ?fty years, en- mous progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms that are the foundations of the living state. For instance, just a decade ago, the ?rst human genome was published, all three billion base pairs. Using X-ray diffraction data from crystals, we can see how an enzyme molecule or a photosynthetic reaction center steps through its catalytic function. We can even visualize a ribosome, central to all life, translate - netic information into a protein. And we are just beginning to understand how molecular interactions regulate thousands of simultaneous reactions that continuously occur even in the simplest forms of life. New words have appeared that give a sense of this wealth of knowledge: The genome, the proteome, the metabolome, the interactome. But we can’t be too smug. We must avoid the mistake of the physicist who, as the twentieth century began, stated con?dently that we knew all there was to know about physics, that science just needed to clean up a few dusty corners. Then came relativity, quantum theory, the Big Bang, and now dark matter, dark energy and string theory. Similarly in the life sciences, the more we learn, the better we understand how little we really know. There remains a vast landscape to explore, with great questions remaining.
Zielgruppe
Research
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Toxikologie, Gefahrstoffe, Sicherheit in der Chemie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Chemische Labormethoden, Stöchiometrie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Chemometrik, Chemoinformatik
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Pharmazeutische Chemie, Medizinische Chemie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Historical Survey.- The Cosmos, the Solar System and the Primeval Earth.- From the Planets to Interstellar Matter.- “Chemical Evolution”.- Peptides and Proteins: the “Protein World”.- The “RNA World”.- Other Theories and Hypotheses.- The Genetic Code and Other Theories.- Basic Phenomena.- Primeval Cells and Cell Models.- Exo/Astrobiology and Other Related Subjects.
