The Touchstone of Life : Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life

Loewenstein is renowned for his discoveries in cell communication and biological information transfer. He applies information theory to recent findings in molecular biology and reveals the communication network inside and between our cells, offering a view of a hidden world where molecular information turns the wheels of life. He tracks this process backwards some 3 billion years to usher in a ground-breaking principle of evolution. For general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.