Lessons From the Living Cell
Subtitle: The Limits of Reductionism
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: September 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780071378208
Subjects: Life sciences: general issues; Molecular biology; Philosophy Of Biology; Cytology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Cytology; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Biology; Philosophy
First sentence: A recent article in Science magazine by two well-known biologists, entitled "Genomics: Journey to the Center of Biology," ends by asking whether a full understanding of a "protozoan or peacock" may someday be achieved by "knowing only its DNA sequence?"