Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell

Life Itself. Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell. Boyce Rensberger. Cells today are the most intimately studied life forms in all of science.
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Birding Australia 2 All Regions Reference Collections Management Reference: Usually dispatched within weeks Details. Out of Print Details. About this book Takes readers to the frontline of cell research. A Particle of Life; 2. The Living-Room Cell; 5.

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To get a general grasp of scientific fields that are producing major discoveries almost every few months, this is a good start. I guess the many "pop" science books on the stages of evolving life trace back to cancer research funding. Whatever, the field is sparkling with really good discoveries and this book gives an overview. One person found this helpful. This book is a great introduction to cell and molecular biology.

The author does a great job explaining the basics in and easy and concise manner and it has some of the history of the research as well. I gave it four instead of five stars because the material is dated and the illustrations are very basic and sometimes incorrect on purpose to drive a concept instead of to present facts. This books would be good for someone in high school.

At the college level this book is to elementary to help understand molecular biology. My first thought after reading the first chapters of this book was that I should have read it before Nick Lane's "Mithocondria and Oxygen" books, despite the fact this book was published in Indeed, the book explain the most interesting aspects of cell life: BUT, the way to explain these facts is the big difference, the author really made an excellent book for the layman, not only for the captivating narrative, but also for the figures. When you see cell division, and you see that half the chromosomes separates to two sides, you wonder about the HOW.

The book talk about motor molecules, kinesin, but when you see all this orchestration, like a perfect symphony - most of the time though - you wonder again about the HOW, in a place where error could abound and where molecules are the major players. Perhaps the mind is unable to understand these facts YET, is like some kind of secret knowledge is the base of this world, something made by evolution but perhaps something made by a more intelligent being - and I am not reffering to God.

What else hide this world and the DNA I just content myself with this book and as a suggestion, take a time to see an animation named "The Inner life of a cell". I typically only read science books written by respected scientists, so it took some research of both the author and reviews before being convinced that I wanted to read this book. The author did an excellent job using analogies that anyone can understand in his many descriptions of cell biology processes.

I don't regret purchasing the book at all and highly recommend it to anyone wanting to brush up on their understanding of biology.

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Perhaps the most astonishing science book I've ever read. This is by far the most well written, captivating treatise on cellular biology that I have ever read.

Every chapter is a page turner - I couldn't put the book down and stayed up all night long reading it. I called friends just to quote them my favorite juicy paragraphs! Absolutely amazing both in style and content. And while the author tries to distance himself from philosophy and insists on materialism, the overall presentation of the collective complication of cellular behavior points decidedly to God whether the author likes it or not as the architect of it all.

Life Itself: Exploring the Realm of the Living Cell by Boyce Rensberger

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