What is Life? The Next Fifty Years: Speculations on the Future of Biology

Murphy, Michael P. & Luke A. J. O'Neill

ISBN 10: 052145509X / ISBN 13: 9780521455091

Published by Cambridge University Press [1995], Cambridge, UK, 1995

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New book lacking DJ. No remainder mark. ; 0.64 x 9.32 x 6.26 Inches; 204 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What is Life? The Next Fifty Years: Speculations on the Future of Biology
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press [1995], Cambridge, UK
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052145509X
• ISBN 13: 9780521455091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • History of Science
  • biology
  • Science & Technology

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Synopsis

Erwin Schrödinger's book What is Life? had a tremendous influence on the development of molecular biology, stimulating scientists such as Watson and Crick to explore the physical basis of life. Much of the appeal of Schrödinger's book lay in its approach to the central problems in biology - heredity and how organisms use energy to maintain order - from a physicist's perspective. At Trinity College, Dublin a number of outstanding scientists from a range of disciplines gathered to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of What is Life? and following Schrödinger's example fifty years previously, presented their views on the current central problems in biology. The contributors to this volume include Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Penrose, Jared Diamond, Manfred Eigen, John Maynard Smith, Christien de Duve and Lewis Wolpert. This collection is essential reading for anyone interested in biology and its future.

Review

'... a thought provoking book...'. Science and Christian Belief

'Given the galaxy of contributors it could hardly fail. It hasn't... a stimulating book.' A. G. Cairns-Smith, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

'The authors are among the most illustrious and distinguished scientists of today ... an enjoyable ... journey through the outer reaches of biology.' Robert Foley, Annals of Human Genetics

'... if you want one slim book that contains as many stimulating ideas as a small library, this is it.' Alan Anderson, New Scientist