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Biochemistry: A Very Short Introduction Audiobook, by Mark Lorch Play Audiobook Sample

Biochemistry: A Very Short Introduction Audiobook

Biochemistry: A Very Short Introduction Audiobook, by Mark Lorch Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Chris Sorensen Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Very Short Introductions Series Release Date: May 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781705282366

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

9

Longest Chapter Length:

47:12 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

05:18 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

28:45 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

From the simplest bacteria to humans, all living things are composed of cells of one type or another, all of which have fundamentally the same chemistry. This chemistry must provide mechanisms that allow cells to interact with the external world, a means to power the cell, machinery to carry out varied processes within the cell, a structure within which everything runs, and also governance through a web of interlocking chemical reactions. Biochemistry is the study of those reactions, the molecules that are created, manipulated, and destroyed as a result of them, and the massive macromolecules that form the chemical machinery and structures on which these biochemical reactions take place.

It didn't take long for an understanding of the chemistry of life to turn into a desire to manipulate it. Drugs and therapies all aim to modify biochemical processes for good or ill: Penicillin, derived from mold, stops bacteria making their cell walls. Aspirin, with its origins in willow bark, inhibits enzymes involved in inflammatory responses. This Very Short Introduction discusses the key concepts of biochemistry, as well as the historical figures in the field and the molecules they studied, before considering the current science and innovations in the field, and the interaction between biochemistry, biotechnology, and synthetic biology.

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