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Nick Lane, “A Matter of Energy: Biology From First Principles” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Science

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Is There a Difference Between Biology and Chemistry?

In high school i was seen to be, not just by myself, but fairly widely understood to be little more than rote memorization. You seem to be very much how i come at all these problems in biology, very much from first principles end. And ill actually a lot of my ph d. Students are physicists, so there's obviously something going on there. I can seea, i want to get back to your under your particular trajectory. But before i do, a specific question. You mentioned the difficulty in teaching undergraduates, not so much yourself, but the undergraduate experience andchemistry,. and how it wasn't terribly inspiring, at least for you a our aspects of it

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