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How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life?. Cells are built out of molecular circuits that perform logical operations, as electronic devices do, but with unique properties.

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In the tradition of as Erwin Schroedinger's What Is Life? and Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, a distinguished cell biologist explains how living cells perform computations How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous system? This book offers a startling and original answer. In clear, jargon-free language, Dennis Bray taps the findings of the new discipline of systems biology to show that the internal chemistry of living cells is a form of computation. Cells are built out of molecular circuits that perform logical operations, as electronic devices do, but with unique properties. Bray argues that the computational juice of cells provides the basis of all the distinctive properties of living systems: it allows organisms to embody in their internal structure an image of the world, and this accounts for their adaptability, responsiveness, and intelligence. In Wetware, Bray offers imaginative, wide-ranging and perceptive critiques of robotics and complexity theory, as well as many entertaining and telling anecdotes. For the general reader, the practicing scientist, and all others with an interest in the nature of life, the book is an exciting portal to some of biology's latest discoveries and ideas.

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Yale University Press
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9780300167849
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Author
Dennis Bray
Publication Name
Wetware: a Computer in Every Living Cell
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Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Biology
Publication Year
2011
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Textbook
Number of Pages
280 Pages

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158mm
Item Weight
392g

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Dennis Bray
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United States

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