Wetware - A Computer in Every Living Cell

Dennis Bray

Yale University Press

2009

280 páginas

9h 20m

ISBN-10: 0300167849

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.