{"product_id":"biology-of-fibrous-composites-development-beyond-the-cell-membrane-hardback-9780521410519","title":"Biology of Fibrous Composites; Development beyond the Cell Membrane (Hardback) 9780521410519","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBiology of Fibrous Composites\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDevelopment beyond the Cell Membrane\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is devoted to fibrous composites in biology, tackling a major unsolved problem in developmental biology - how does chemistry create architecture outside cells?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnthony Charles Neville (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521410519, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 September 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e226 pages, 142 b\/w illus.  12 tables\u003cbr\u003e26 x 18.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs usual, Neville is generous with his ideas and produces blueprints for a dozen or so projects, some to be pursued in well-known holiday resorts. This book is such a good read that I wouldn't mind taking it along too.\"   J.F.V. Vincent, Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book, by a leading thinker with 30 years experience in the field, is the first devoted to fibrous composites in biology. It tackles a major unsolved problem in developmental biology - how does chemistry create architecture outside cells? Fibrous composites occur in all skeletal systems including plant cell walls, insect cuticles, moth eggshells, bone and cornea. They function like man-made fibreglass, with fibres set in a matrix. The fibrous molecules are long, extracellular and water-insoluble and to be effective they must be orientated strategically. The underlying hypothesis of this book is that the fibres are orientated by self-assembly just outside the cells during a mobile liquid crystalline phase prior to stabilization. The commonest orientations of the fibres are plywood laminates (orthogonal and helicoidal), and as parallel fibres. These may be imitated in vitro by liquid crystalline chemicals. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach and will be relevant to biologists, biochemists, biophysicists, material scientists and to liquid crystals chemists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Defining the subject\u003cbr\u003e 2. The occurrence of fibrous composites\u003cbr\u003e 3. Properties of natural plywoods\u003cbr\u003e 4. Biomimickry: making liquid crystalline models of helicoids and other plywoods\u003cbr\u003e 5. How is fibre orientation controlled?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Unifying themes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cellular biology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cellular biology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cellular%20biology%20%5Bcytology%5D%20%5BPSF%5D%22\"\u003ecytology PSF\u003c\/a\u003e], Biochemistry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Biochemistry\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Biochemistry%20%5BPSB%5D%22\"\u003ePSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007246225688,"sku":"9780521410519","price":86.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521410519i_2747c377-fc9d-40c3-80e5-3cb9721742e1.jpg?v=1691381275","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/biology-of-fibrous-composites-development-beyond-the-cell-membrane-hardback-9780521410519","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}