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What Sustains Life?: Consilient Mechanisms for Protein-Based Machines and Materials
Dan W. Urry
This book brings together three decades worth of collaborative research to address the question "What sustains life?" this text contains elements of memoir, history, and a solid, informative scientific core that will interest the general reader, student, and professional researcher.
632 pages, 224 black & white illustrations, 55 colour illustrations, 23 black & white tables, biogra
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 21, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780817643461 |
| Publishers | Birkhauser Boston Inc |
| Pages | 632 |
| Dimensions | 178 × 254 × 38 mm · 1.91 kg |
| Language | English |
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