You can request this FREE science book Computing Life. Available as a PDF download or you can order FREE printed copies from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
This resource covers:
- With computing advances, scientists uncover new details about diseases, drug treatments, and even crimes.
- Researchers combine real data and computer models to diagram everything from how cells move to how hearts beat.
- Scientists harness computers, even ones in your home, to study biological molecules critical to human health.
- See how scientists animate biological processes, thrusting you into never-before-seen worlds.
- Combining chemistry and computers helps scientists develop new medicines and new materials.
- Read about the different types of scientists and other people who are computing life and find out how you can get involved, too.
- Scientists create virtual worlds to study how contagious diseases could spread through your hometown.
- Learn about other recent findings in basic biomedical research that take advantage of computing.
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