Molecules : a very short introduction / Philip Ball.

By:

Ball, Philip, 1962-

Contributor(s):

Ball, Philip, 1962-. Stories of the invisible

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.Description: 170 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

0192854305
9780192854308

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DDC classification:

541.22 BAL

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	541.22 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100384271

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us - how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multi-celled Mozart, what makes spider's silk insoluble in the morning dew, and how this molecular dynamism is being captured in the laboratory, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the century.

First published as: Stories of the invisible, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

1 Engineers of the Invisible: Making molecules
2 Vital Signs: The molecules of life
3 Take the Strain: Materials from molecules
4 The Burning Issue: Molecules and energy
5 Good Little Movers: Molecular motors
6 Delivering the Message: Molecular communication
7 The Chemical Computer: Molecular informatoin
Notes and Further Reading

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Philip Ball is a science writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he was formerly an editor for physical science for over 10 years. He writes about all areas of science for the international press, and has broadcast on TV and radio. His previous books include Designing the Molecular World, The Self-Made Tapestry, H20: A Biography of Water and The Ingredients: A Guided Tour of the Elements . He holds a degree in chemistry from Oxford University and a doctorate in physics from Bristol University. He lives in London, where his Homunculus Theatre Company occasionally performs on a shoestring budget.