What is Life? Decades of research have resulted in the full mapping of the human genome - three billion pairs of code whose functions are only now being understood. The gene's eye view of life, advocated by evolutionary biology, sees living bodies as mere vehicles for the replication of the genetic codes. But for a physiologist, working with the living organism, the view is a very different one. Denis Noble is a world renowned physiologist, and sets out an alternative view to the question - one that becomes deeply significant in terms of the living, breathing organism. The genome is not life itself. Noble argues that far from genes building organisms, they should be seen as prisoners of the organism. The view of life presented in this little, modern, post-genome project reflection on the nature of life, is that of the systems biologist: to understand what life is, we must view it at a variety of different levels, all interacting with each other in a complex web. It is that emergent web, full of feedback between levels, from the gene to the wider environment, that is life. It is a kind of music.Including stories from Noble's own research experience, his work on the heartbeat, musical metaphors, and elements of linguistics and Chinese culture, this very personal and at times deeply lyrical book sets out the systems biology view of life.
發表於2024-11-07
The Music of Life 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
這本書的封麵首先就很吸引人,蝴蝶形狀的小提琴,然而卻沒有演奏者。 作為係統生物學的入門書相當不錯,用大量的比喻,梳理很多概念,以不同於分子生物學的角度來理解生命,這樣的思維模式下,纔有可能提齣higher level hypothesis。 還原論有其固有的缺點,大力推薦下麵這篇...
評分係統生物學非常好的入門科普讀物。作者引用瞭大量的故事來說明這一領域的基本理念。裏麵用漢字構詞法來打比方,感覺太妙瞭。
評分係統生物學非常好的入門科普讀物。作者引用瞭大量的故事來說明這一領域的基本理念。裏麵用漢字構詞法來打比方,感覺太妙瞭。
評分係統生物學非常好的入門科普讀物。作者引用瞭大量的故事來說明這一領域的基本理念。裏麵用漢字構詞法來打比方,感覺太妙瞭。
評分係統生物學非常好的入門科普讀物。作者引用瞭大量的故事來說明這一領域的基本理念。裏麵用漢字構詞法來打比方,感覺太妙瞭。
圖書標籤: 係統生物學 生物 Biology 電子版 哲學 Systems 生命 genomics
the music of life has no conductor
評分太羅嗦
評分看的是中文版
評分太羅嗦
評分看過很有啓發,對生命的本質有瞭新的認識,作者很善用故事說明道理,唯一我不喜歡的就是有點太羅嗦瞭
The Music of Life 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載