Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-288) and index.
Contents
Schrodinger's riddle -- The quality of life -- Cells in nature and in theory -- Molecular logic -- A (almost) comprehensible cell -- It takes a cell to make a cell -- Morphogenesis : where form and function meet -- The advance of the microbe -- By descent with modification -- So what is life! -- Searching for the beginning -- Epilogue.