A Simple Beginning: How Four Laws of Physics Shape the Living World

13 hrs. 13 min.

Popular Science

Language Russian

Author Raguvir Partasarati

Narrator Igor Gmyza

Biophysicist Raguvire Partasarati explains that four physical principles determine the structure and behavior of biological systems. These principles include self-assembly, regulatory networks, predictable randomness, and scaling. They underpin the diversity of living nature and make it possible to develop biotechnologies. Partasarati offers a wealth of examples to show how these physical principles work, including the packaging of viral DNA, the arrangement of membranes, setting up a body plan during embryogenesis, organs on a chip, genome editing, prion diseases, and cystic fibrosis.

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