Discovery : windows on the life sciences / by Ricki Lewis.
The goal of Discovery: Science as a Window to the World is to relay the excitement of sciene by exploring selected topics in biology and medicine in a way that reveals the process of discovery. Each chapter will focus on the curiosity and creativity that drives scientists to wonder, observe, questio...
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| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell Science,
©2001.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- On discovery
- Origin of life: when chemistry became biology
- Going out on a limb for the tree of life
- In pursuit of prions
- Tale of telomeres
- Stem cells: the science of self-renewal
- Roots of cloning
- Homocysteine and heart health
- On technology: gene therapy and genetically modified foods.