A bok by David Goodsell, consisting of pictures of parts of cells doing stuff. What sets it apart from the illustrations in most textbooks and pop-science books is that they are accurate: the drawings are based on our current understanding of the nature of the cellular inner space, revealing not the minute ocean populated by floating proteins that most scientists and illustators imagine, but a jam-packed crowd of proteins and DNA. It's a real eye-opener, especially if you've had a conventional education in cell biology or biochemistry, where this is not yet generally understood.
Indicidentally, this is in Tom Andersons Library.
The author has also written 'Bionanotechnology: Lessons from Nature', which is to be published, er, soonish (maybe). Presumably, it concerns Bio Nano Technology.
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