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The tao of chemistry and life, a scientific journey, Eugene H. Cordes

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The tao of chemistry and life, a scientific journey, Eugene H. Cordes
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-386) and index
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The tao of chemistry and life
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
302414711
Responsibility statement
Eugene H. Cordes
Sub title
a scientific journey
Table Of 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
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