The Design of Life

by Renato Dulbecco

Book Overview

Nobel laureate Renato Dulbecco presents a fascinating overview of the current state of information about life processes, ranging from the characteristics and activities of DNA to sexuality, practical aspects of genetics, communication between cells and between organisms, and the effects of drugs on the brain. He concludes with a provocative discussion of biology and human affairs in which he poses questions about brain programming and its relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300037910
• ISBN13: 9780300037913
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Serious Introduction to Genes

I was looking for a good introductory type book into Genes and Biotech and I think I found one. This book starts from Cell and explanis DNA RNA all that good stuff with nice tecnical drawings showing the growth, partitions, mutations etc. It is written for educational purposes so it is not popular science type that all in words, it is serious but you do not have to be a med student to understand this. A good bilogy background and serious reading will do.Book continues with other subjects related to genes and DNA. I particularly liked the sections about Brain, the machinery and the design of it. it is a perfect book about DNA and Genes and life.