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02533aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 1BA0FC6893AD11EC9EF6B98439ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220222010023 008 220210s2022 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021026503 020 $a 0691200408 020 $a 9780691200408 035 $a (OCoLC)1296124855 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c JBL $d JBL $d IOU $d SILO 082 00 $a 571.4 $2 23 100 1 $a Parthasarathy, Raghuveer, $d 1976- $e author. 245 10 $a So simple a beginning : $b how four physical principles shape our living world / $c Raghuveer Parthasarathy. 246 30 $a How four physical principles shape our living world 264 1 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a viii, 320 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-316) and index. 520 $a "A biophysicist reveals the hidden unity behind nature's breathtaking complexity. The form and function of a sprinting cheetah are quite unlike those of a rooted tree. A human being is very different from a bacterium or a zebra. The living world is a realm of dazzling variety, yet a shared set of physical principles shapes the forms and behaviors of every creature in it. So Simple a Beginning shows how the emerging new science of biophysics is transforming our understanding of life on Earth and enabling potentially lifesaving but controversial technologies such as gene editing, artificial organ growth, and ecosystem engineering.Raghuveer Parthasarathy explains how four basic principles-self-assembly, regulatory circuits, predictable randomness, and scaling-shape the machinery of life on scales ranging from microscopic molecules to gigantic elephants. He describes how biophysics is helping to unlock the secrets of a host of natural phenomena, such as how your limbs know to form at the proper places, and why humans need lungs but ants do not. Parthasarathy explores how the cutting-edge biotechnologies of tomorrow could enable us to alter living things in ways both subtle and profound.Featuring dozens of original watercolors and drawings by the author, this sweeping tour of biophysics offers astonishing new perspectives on how the wonders of life can arise from so simple a beginning"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Biophysics. 941 $a 2 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230404014829.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220222010117.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1BA0FC6893AD11EC9EF6B98439ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search