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The tao of chemistry and life : a scientific journey
- Title
- The tao of chemistry and life : a scientific journey / Eugene H. Cordes.
- Author
- Cordes, Eugene H.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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- Description
- xii, 414 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-386) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Life: Unity out of diversity -- 2. Life: Central properties -- 3. Molecular structures based on carbon: The foundation for the molecules of life -- 4. Building blocks and glue -- 5. From methane to chemical communication -- 6. Nitrogen and oxygen: Atmospheric elements -- 7. More about oxygen-containing molecules -- 8. Now for the rest of the elements in vitamin pills -- 9. Proteins: An amazing collection of multifunctional properties -- 10. Amino acids: The building blocks of proteins -- 11. Proteins are three-dimensional objects -- 12. Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids: The stuff of genes -- 13. The central dogma of molecular biology and protein synthesis -- 14. Genomes -- 15. Vitamins: Molecules of life -- 16. Carbohydrates: Sweetness and life -- 17. Generating energy from catabolism -- 18. Fatty acids: The building blocks of lipids -- 19. Lipids: The greasy stuff of life -- 20. Steroids: Sex and other good things -- 21. Your brain: What it does and how it does it -- 22. Your brain: Good things and not-good things -- 23. Antibiotics: The never-ending war against infectious disease -- 24. Cancer: What it is and what we can do about it -- 25. Chemical communication -- Appendix. Some examples of explicit and condensed molecular structures
- Call Number
- JSE 13-194
- ISBN
- 9780195369632 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0195369637 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009005376
- OCLC
- 302414711
- Author
- Cordes, Eugene H.
- Title
- The tao of chemistry and life : a scientific journey / Eugene H. Cordes.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-386) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 13-194