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Life's Ratchet How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos

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ISBN-10: 0465022537

ISBN-13: 9780465022533

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter Hoffmann

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List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.37" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

The late Peter Hoffmann was editor of The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter. He was former Washington correspondent for McGraw-Hill World News and the author of The Forever Fuel: The Story of Hydrogen.

Introduction: What Is Life?
The Life Force
Chance and Necessity
The Entropy of a Late-Night Robber
On a Very Small Scale
Maxwell's Demon and Feynman's Ratchet
The Mystery of Life
Twist and Route
The Watch and the Ribosome
Making a Living
Epilogue: Life, the Universe, and Everything
Glossary
Sources
Suggested Reading
Acknowledgments
Index