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The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life Book

The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
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The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life, In The Touchstone of Life, eminent biophysicist Werner Loewenstein seeks answers to ancient riddles by applying information theory to recent discoveries in molecular biology. Taking us into a microscopic world, he lays bare an all-pervading communi, The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
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  • The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life
  • Written by author Werner R. Loewenstein
  • Published by Oxford University Press, 1/7/1999
  • In The Touchstone of Life, eminent biophysicist Werner Loewenstein seeks answers to ancient riddles by applying information theory to recent discoveries in molecular biology. Taking us into a microscopic world, he lays bare an all-pervading communi
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pt. 1 Information and the Origins of Life 1
1 Information and Organisms 3
2 The Cosmic Origins of Information 19
3 The Growth of the Cosmic Inheritance on Earth 28
4 From Energy to Bonds to Molecular Information: The Information/Entropy Balancing Act 54
5 The Three-Dimensional Carriers of Biological Information 61
6 The Growth of Biological Information 79
Pt. 2 Information Flow Inside Cells 111
7 The Two Information Realms 113
8 The Game of Seek and Find 140
Pt. 3 Information Flow between Cells 165
9 Rules of the Intercellular Communication Game 167
10 The Broadcasting of Cellular Information 201
11 Intercellular Communication Cheek-by-Jowl 250
12 Intercellular Communication Via Channels in the Cell Membrane 263
13 Neuronal Communication, Neuronal Computation, and Conscious Thought 306
Pt. 4 The Science of the Peculiar 323
14 How Can You Explain So Wise an Old Bird in a Few Words? 325
Epilogue 335
App A Brief Chronicle of "Information" 337
Recommended Reading 341
References 344
Index 360


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