The Chemistry of Life

Oct 24, 2024 7:24 PM

Author:Steven Rose

First published in 1966, THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE has held its own as a clear and authoritative introduction to the world of biochemistry. This fourth edition has been fully updated and revised to include the latest developments in DNA and protein synthesis, cell regulation, and their social and medical implications.

Reviews

Fascinating... Almost every paragraph contains a jolt

—— New York Times

Highly entertaining...a startling look at newly discovered universal laws

—— Chicago Tribune

One of the industry's most well-known shepherdesses.

—— Emily Ashworth , Farmers Guardian

A fine book...fascinating

—— Economist

Bateson and Martin have delivered what others have claimed to provide: a solid, signposted road out of the trench war between nature and nurture

—— Marek Kohn , Independent

With a clarity of style that belies the complexity of the subject, Patrick Bateson and Paul Martin conduct us through the strategic highways adn tactical byways of individual life history

—— Richard Dawkins

'Exhilarating'

—— Melvyn Bragg , Observer

'As enthralling in its own way as was Darwin's original'

—— Kenan Malik , Independent on Sunday

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