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| View Larger Image | The Machinery of Life
by David S. Goodsell
| | List Price: | $19.50 | | Price: | $17.55 | | You Save: | $1.95 (10%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 790997 | | Studio: | Springer | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 160 | | Publication Date: | December 19, 1997 | | Publisher: | Springer |
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The author's talents as scientist and artist are combined in this vivid introduction to biochemistry. With a crisp text and extraordinary illustrations, The Machinery of Life guides you through the interior of cells, exploring the ways in which molecular machines drive the process of life. Stunning original drawings and computer graphics, many in full color, show the effects that vitamins, viruses, poisons and drugs have on the molecules in our bodies. Phenomena ranging from DNA replication to photosynthesis are presented in a unique manner that will interest non-scientists, students, and professionals. |
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The cell is the basic unit of life, but most of us have at best a fuzzy, low-power idea of how cells are put together and what they look like. "The microscopic world of molecules is separated from our everyday world by an insurmountable, million-fold difference in size," says David Goodsell. "I created the illustrations in this book to help bridge this gulf and allow us to look at the molecular structure of cells, if not directly, then in an artistic rendition." Goodsell has succeeded remarkably. His pictures, mostly line drawings, show the structures of crucial biochemicals and the boggling intricacy of their arrangement in living cells. "A few minutes' study may be needed to overcome the feeling of claustrophobia," said Nature, "but will reward the reader with a lasting impression of the density and complexity of this soup of life." --Mary Ellen Curtin |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)
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Another Gem 
This is another book that, only a few chapters in, I decided was just awesome. After going through several library books trying to teach myself biology (actually, biochemistry, but I did not know that) I came across this one pretty much by accident. It has many great, great simple, simple explanations that yet still provide a road for insight into the most basic functions of life and the cell.
November 12, 2008 | |
Beautiful
A beautiful introduction to the cell. Couldn't put it down. Goodsell has a rare combination of beautiful illustrations and lucid, and concise text. Only complaint is that I wish that the publisher had spent the money to put all of the images in color. Goodsell's watercolors are even better and would have been worth the printing price.
January 24, 2004 | |
Indispensable for cell biologists and biochemists!
Goodsell has written a deceptively simple book. The illustrations should be incorporated into undergraduate and graduate level cell biology and biochemistry classes. Goodsell's point is that the environment of the cell is not that of a test tube. The environment is densely packed with proteins and organelles that will concentrate effective concentrations of reaction constituents and potentially restrict the mobility of larger proteins and organelles. Goodsell illustrates the point that size does matter.
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