1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004203239707536

Autore

Cowie, Anthony Paul

Titolo

Oxford dictionary of current idiomatic English / A.P. Cowie, R. Mackin and I.R. MacCaig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1979-1983

ISBN

0194311503 (v. 2)

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Mackin, Ronaldauthor

McCaig, Isabel R.

Disciplina

423

Soggetti

Lingua inglese - Dizionari

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910133538603321

Autore

Fontecave Marc

Titolo

Chemistry of biological processes [[electronic resoure]] : : an introduction / / Marc Fontecave, translator Liz Libbrecht

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collège de France, 2014

Paris : , : Collège de France, , 2014

ISBN

9782722602748 (ebook)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France

Soggetti

Biology

Health & Biological Sciences

Biology - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Life depends on the ability of living organisms to effectively harness the chemical potential of their environment, namely the sun, for energy, and a certain number of molecules which exist on the Earth’s surface, such as water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, etc. These molecules need to be activated if benefit is to be derived from them, which requires profound electronic modifications that only metal ions can provide. Truly extraordinary metalloenzymes with highly subtle mechanisms are responsible for this activation. Bioinorganic chemistry straddles the disciplines of chemistry and biology and is in full expansion today. This discipline was born of the recent realisation that life is not solely organic but also “mineral”, and that no life can exist without metals.