Orders for delivery in the UK are despatched by Courier and Signed For delivery services and will normally be delivered to you within a few days of placing your order. Bookplates are official labels which are signed by the author and then fixed to the title page of the book. We use courier and signed for delivery services, so please use an address at which your parcel can be signed for during the normal working day. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. Please Note: By their very nature, all signed books will have been handled several times before they get to you. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Leland Hartwell and Tim Hunt for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells in the cell cycle.Īll our signed books include a 'Signed Copy' gift tag, supplied free of charge. ‘Ī beautifully written exploration of perhaps the most important question in science.’ Brian CoxĪbout the Author: Sir Paul Maxime Nurse is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. To survive the challenges that face the human race today – from climate change, to pandemics, loss of biodiversity and food security – it is vital that we all understand what life is. Using his personal experiences, in and out of the lab, he shares with us the challenges, the lucky breaks, and the thrilling eureka moments of discovery. He traces the roots of his own curiosity and knowledge to reveal how science works, both now and in the past. It is a shared journey of discovery step by step he illuminates five great ideas that underpin biology. In this book, he takes up the challenge of defining life in a way that every reader can understand. But what does it actually mean to be alive? Nobel prize-winner Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. Life is all around us, abundant and diverse, it is extraordinary. Signed by Paul Nurse to a TItle Specific Bookplate Aircraft & Spacecraft: General Interest.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest.Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest.Fishing, Field Sports & Outdoor Activities.Sports Studies & PE: Textbooks & Study Guides.Literary Studies: Textbooks & Study Guides.Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous.Inventions & Technology: General Interest.

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