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The Mechanism of Life

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The Mechanism of Life

Stéphane Leduc and William Deane Butcher

188 pages~3 hr 45 min read25 chapters$4.99
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Can the forms of life be mimicked with chemistry alone? Stephane Leduc built cells and growths from pure solutions, arguing that the mechanism of life follows physical law. Strange, bold, and beautifully illustrated with artificial life-forms. A provocative early venture into the physics and chemistry of the living. For readers drawn to the blurred border between the living and the made.

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25 chapters

  1. 1THE MECHANISM OF LIFE
  2. 2MECHANISM OF LIFE
  3. 3Dr. Stéphane LEDUC
  4. 4W. DEANE BUTCHER
  5. 5NEW YORK
  6. 6R E B M A N C O M P A N Y
  7. 7Herald Square Building 141-145, West 36th Street
  8. 8TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
  9. 9PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
  10. 10TABLE OF CONTENTS
  11. 11INTRODUCTION
  12. 12THE MECHANISM OF LIFE
  13. 13CHAPTER I
  14. 14CHAPTER II
  15. 15CHAPTER III
  16. 16CHAPTER IV
  17. 17CHAPTER V
  18. 18CHAPTER VI

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