In the tradition of David Macaulay's The Way Things Work, this popular-science book--a unique collaboration between a world-renowned molecular biologist and an equally talented artist--explains how life grows, develops, reproduces, and gets by. Full color. From the Hardcover edition.

Mahlon Hoagland, a noted molecular biologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, is best known as discoverer of amino acid activating enzymes and codiscoverer of transfer RNA. A winner of the Franklin Medal, he is former Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School. He has written four books about science for the public. Bert Dodson h...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 菲利普·鲍尔（Philip Ball），科学作家，英国皇家化学会会员、欧盟委员会合成生物学专家团成员、BBC“科学的故事”栏目出品人，曾任《自然》期刊编辑20余年，著有《化学元素发现史》《明亮的泥土：颜料发明史》《如何制造一个人》等20多部科普作品，还为“牛津通识读本”系列撰写了《分子》和《元素》。作品曾获2003年英国技术史学会年度图书奖和2007年英国科学史学会年度科普图书奖。 【译者简介】 王乔琦，南京大学天文学学士，编辑，从事科普工作。译著有《发现天王星》《万物发明指南》《量子力学的真相》等。

科学图书奖得主菲利普·鲍尔（Philip Ball）对生物学提出了前沿的新观点，建议修正我们对生命的概念。生物学正在经历一场平静而深刻的变革。关于生命如何运作的标准图景有几个方面已被揭露为不完整、误导或错误的。 在《生命如何运作》一书中，菲利普·鲍尔探索了新的生物学，揭示了生命远比我们想象的要丰富、巧妙得多。这些知识带来了新的可能性。如今，我们可以重新设计和重组生命系统、组织和生物体。 例如，我们可以对细胞进行重新编程，使其执行新的任务，并生长成自然界中从未见过的结构。一些研究人员认为，我们后将能够再生肢体和器官，甚至可能创造出进化论从未想象过的新生命形式。《生命如何运作》融合了新的研究成果和见解，是对生命本质这一新领域的一次多方面探索，这一领域将重塑我们对生命的认识。 A cutting-edge new vision of biology tha...(展开全部)

Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works—the idea of the genome as a blueprint, of genes as instructions for building an organism, of proteins as precisely tailored molecular machines, of cells as entities with fixed identities, and more—have been exposed as incomplete, misleading, or wrong. In How Lif...(展开全部)

This fascinating book is a guide for the perplexed—those who are interested in science but are scared off by the technical detail. John Gribbin, an award-winning writer, now stands back from the details and offers us a broad picture of scientific achievement at the end of the twentieth century. He describes the structure of particles within the atom, the origins of our own spec...(展开全部)

For anyone interested in the remarkable achievements and discoveries of modern science -- but intimidated by confusing technical detail -- this book offers the perfect solution. Award-winning author John Gribbin stands back from the details and offers a broad picture of science, from the structure of particles within the atom to the birth of the universe. With eloquent clarity,...(展开全部)

The most exciting view of prehistoric life. ""Comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia to prehistoric animals... lifelike detail... this easily readable book should appeal to dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages."" -Science News The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life. The book's concise, jargon-free text and full color illustrations bring the primordial world to vivid photo-realist...(展开全部)

From the creators of "Walking with Dinosaurs" comes this stunning visual encyclopedia of prehistoric animals. "The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life" is a 'who's who' of the prehistoric world - from primitive amphibians and giant armoured fish, to predatory dinosaurs and sabre-toothed cats. Tracing the amazing story of the evolution of life on Earth, the book features over 100...(展开全部)

杰里米·鲍伯戈（Jeremy J. Baumberg，生于1967年），剑桥大学纳米光子中心主任，卡文迪许实验室教授，英国皇家学会会员。因其在纳米光子领域所作的贡献，获杨氏奖（2013）、拉姆福德奖章（2014）、法拉第奖章（2017）。 --------------- 译者简介： 汪婕舒，美国亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）科技人文与社会项目博士研究生，工学硕士，乔治敦大学传播、文化与科技项目硕士，曾任专利审查员和科普编辑，译有多本畅销科普书。热爱科学技术，也关心科技如何为人类创造福祉。目前研究方向为人工智能（AI）的社会影响，以及AI如何帮助人类创新。