生命之鑰:諾貝爾獎得主親撰 一場對生命奧祕的美麗探索

生命之鑰:諾貝爾獎得主親撰 一場對生命奧祕的美麗探索
ISBN-10
957658731X
ISBN-13
9789576587313
Category
History (General)
Pages
256
Language
Chinese
Published
2021-12-03
Publisher
三采文化股份有限公司
Author
保羅.納斯爵士(Sir Paul Nurse)

Description

諾貝爾生理學/醫學獎得主首部著作

一場對生命奧祕的美麗探索


人類長久以來的不解之謎:

「生命究竟是怎麼一回事?」

本書就是最佳解答!

 

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★ 臺北醫學大學醫學系生理學科教授 ── 林則彬 專業審訂

【國內權威推薦】

中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心 前中心代主任及執行長 邵廣昭

中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心 特聘研究員 李文雄 院士

 

我們周遭充滿著生命,豐富多元且卓越非凡。

但生命究竟是怎麼一回事?世界又是如何運行?

面對氣候變遷、流行疾病、生物多樣性的消失,到底什麼才是正解?

隨著我們對生命有更多了解,就擁有更多控制和改變生物的力量,

進而帶來推動世界進步的動力!

保羅.納斯爵士用專業、優美又不失詼諧的文字,搭配簡單易懂的比喻,

第一人稱講述生物學發展歷程,帶領讀者體驗科學發現的快感,

進行一場對生命起源、生物演化最美麗的探索!

──────── 從生物學5大關鍵探索生命的奧祕 ────────

「細胞」:細胞會成長、繁殖、維生,並在所有過程中展現出一種目標感,一種不論如何都迫切要堅持、活著和繁殖的目標感。

「基因」:沒有基因就不可能會有生命,每個新世代的細胞和生物都必須繼承遺傳指令,使其生長、發揮功能和繁殖。所以基因可以承受時間的考驗。

「天擇下的演化」:負有使命的複雜生命型態並不是出自任何人的設計,而是天擇的結果。這個極具創意的過程,使人類和我們周遭充滿多樣性的生物得以誕生。

「由化學組成的生命」:生命是來自化學物質的相吸和相斥,還有分子鍵的形成與斷裂,這些基礎過程以某種微小的分子規模集體運作,結合創造出世界萬物。

「由訊息組成的生命」:越了解生物如何管理內部訊息,就不只是能描述其複雜性,還能理解生物是如何將訊息轉化為有意義的知識,進而完成生存、成長、繁殖和演化的目的。

▌如果你有以下情況,請立即購入本書

❏ 常常思考「生命到底是哪來的?」

❏ 對科學一無所知,但想要對生命有更多了解。

❏ 覺得課本太無聊,想要用有趣的方式讀科學。

❏ 想吸收新知,但不想讀艱深難懂的學術文章。

❏ 講到生物演化,只記得「達爾文」跟「物競天擇」。

❏ 超懂生物學,但不知道這跟生命有什麼關聯。

▌本書特色

作者為生物學權威,文字優美、簡潔、易讀。

科學歷史+哲學探討,一次領略生物學和生命的奧祕!

第一人稱敘述,看完故事就搞懂科學!

作者擅長用譬喻解釋複雜的原理,非專業背景也能秒懂!

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