So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691258676ISBN-10:691258678UPC:9780691258676Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Evolution, Anatomy & PhysiologySize:8.80 x 5.70 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1
So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World
A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature's breathtaking complexity
The form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of physical principles shapes the forms and behaviors of every creature in it. So Simple a Beginning shows...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691258676ISBN-10:691258678UPC:9780691258676Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Life SciencesBook Topic:Evolution, Anatomy & PhysiologySize:8.80 x 5.70 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1
Raghuveer Parthasarathy is an Alec and Kay Keith Professor of Physics at the University of Oregon, where he is a member of the Institute of Molecular Biology and the Materials Science Institute. He lives in Eugene, Oregon. Website eighteenthelephant.com Twitter @RParthasarathy7
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