Quote of the month: "I know molecules and reactions are not alive. But I also know that collections of reacting molecules are alive. How does this happen? We have no clue"
(George Whitesides, Harvard, cited by Science Magazine, on mesoscale science.)
Intended
for the Advancement of
Public Understanding of the Biological Sciences
What is Life presents conceptual
thinking in biology. While many current issues in biology
are based on simple ideas, the elucidation of biological
mechanisms that explain diverse aspects of life is challenging
because cells and organisms are complex systems. To understand how biologists study the structure and function of living
organisms one has to understand the relationshipetween
experiment and theory. Such an understanding amounts to
scientific literacy.
