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Stories of the invisible : a guided tour of molecules

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  • "大自然與實驗室的生化奈米世界"
  • "Da zi ran yu shi yan shi de sheng hua nai mi shi jie"

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  • "Spiced with quotations from Primo Levi, Flann O'Brien, and Thomas Pynchon, Stories of the invisible takes us on a tour of a world few of us knew existed. The author describes, for instance, the remarkable molecular structure of spider's silk--a material that is pound for pound much stronger the steel--and shows how the Kevlar fibers in bulletproof vests were invented by imitating the alignment of molecules found in the spider's amazing thread. We also learn about the protein molecules that create movement, without which bacteria would be immobile, cells could not divide, there would be no reproduction and therefore no life. The book describes molecules shaped like miniature sculptures, containers, soccer balls, threads, rings, levers and geodesic domes, all made by sticking atoms together. Perhaps most important, Ball provides a fresh perspective on the future of molecular science, revealing how researchers are promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the 21st century."

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  • "Stories of the invisible : a guided tour of molecules"@en
  • "Stories of the invisible : a guided tour of molecules"
  • "Stories of the Invisible A Guided Tour of Molecules"@en
  • "Kan bu jian de fen zi : da zi ran yu shi yan shi de sheng hua nai mi shi jie"
  • "Stories of the invisible : a guided tour of the molecules"@en
  • "Stories of the invisible"
  • "看不見的分子 : 大自然與實驗室的生化奈米世界"

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