The Birds, the Bees and the Platypuses. Crazy, Sexy and Cool Stories from Science

Englisch

9783527322879

Wiley-VCH

Michael Gross

248

Gebundene Ausgabe

CRAZY - WEIRD AND WONDERFUL TALES FROM NATURE AND SCIENCE Tardigrades can take the pressure Magic bullets from the desert Asparagine and old lace Peptides shielding our skin Health warning: your body may be unstable All together now So where is most of the universe? Cell jet printers A frizzled inhairitance How to eat without a stomach Astronomy helps spotting whalesharks Talk to your protein Ancient protein survives in our eyes SEXY - OFFIAL: PEOPLE ARE THE WEIRDEST CREATURES ON THIS PLANET: SORRY, PLATYPUS Read my lips A matter of taste Let your love glow Jacobson's molecules The science of the Simpsons Elusive treasures Eggs and sperms and rock n' roll A Cuban success story Cupid chemistry COOL - WELL, HUMANS MAY BE WEIRD, BUT THEY DID DEVELOP SOME COOL TECHNOLOGY Crystallographic antibodies Dip-pen lithography Traffic-light proteins A cool receptor Biotronics: a collision of continents The one-atom quantum computer Twist and twirl Multi-purpose DNA Diatoms Nature's warning signs All on one chip Platinum stories Nanowires plugged into nerve cells Aptamer sensors Hairy ball theorem untangles chemical problem

214 mm

14 cm