Bringing Chemistry to Life by R. J. P. Williams and J. J. R. Frausto da Silva
charts the progress from the basic elements of matter to the behaviour of
complex living systems. This is a bold endeavour: wide-ranging, controversial
and thought provoking. Published by Oxford University Press, £75, ISBN
0198505469.
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