Just like atoms are the basic units of matter, cells are the basic functional units of life that is to say, the smallest entities that can be described as living. So, get ready for a historical and scientific walking tour through the complexity of existence! The cell: biology’s atom A firm believer in the idea that scientists should know how to effectively communicate their work, in “What Is Life?,” Nurse tries to illuminate, in beautifully readable language, the five great ideas that underpin biology: the cell, the gene, evolution by natural selection, life as chemistry, and life as information. In 2001, for his contributions to the discovery of protein molecules that regulate the division of cells, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which he shared with fellow countryman Tim Hunt and American biologist Leland Hartwell.
British geneticist Paul Nurse has spent most of his adult life trying to understand how living cells work.
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