Stepping Stones to Synthetic Biology

By Sergio Carrà

Book Overview

1 Devils, ratchets and molecular motors.- 2 Energy, entropy and information.- 3 A computer called Universe.- 4 Biomolecules and bioenergetics.- 5 What is life?.- 6 Information and complexity: a metaphor of natural systems and engineering.- 7 The path of evolution in nature and in technology. Digital evolution platform.- 8 Imitation of life: the cell in a silicon chip.- 9 Verum est factum: synthetic biology.- 10 Metabolic engineering: towards the post-oil era?.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030070417
• ISBN13: 9783030070410
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"