Frontiers of life
By: [advisory board editorial directors, David Baltimore ... [et al.]]
Contributors: Baltimore, David.
Publisher: Academic; Treccani
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif; Roma
Language: eng
Subjects: Life (Biology) -- Encyclopedias; Biology -- Encyclopedias; Life sciences -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Notes: Translation of edition copyrighted 2000 by Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. l. Origins of life. pt. 1. Origin and evolution of life. pt. 2. Genetic language; title: v. 2. Cells and organisms. pt. 1. Cells and cell communities. pt. 2. Immunological systems; title: v. 3. Intelligent systems. pt. 1. Brain of homo sapiens. pt. 2. Building blocks for intelligence systems; title: v. 4. The living world. pt. 1. Biology of behavior. pt. 2. Discovery and spoilation of the biosphere. pt. 3. Bioethics.