An Interactive Book

Biology is a Burrito

A text- and visual-based journey through a living cell. Learn about the speeds and sizes of molecules and systems, from protein folding to the Central Dogma.

By Niko McCarty.

1 Prologue
2 Biology is a Burrito
3 How to Weigh a Cell
4 Why Are Cells Small?
5 How to Make a Cell
6 Water and Osmosis
7 Random Walks and Diffusion
8 The Protein Folding Question
9 DNA Is More Than Sequence
10 Watching the Central Dogma, One Molecule at a Time
11 Noise
12 On Proofreading and Fidelity
13 Protein Filters
14 Life at Low Reynolds Number (Flagella)
15 Cell Movements

A random walk. Click to start it somewhere new.

Biology is a Burrito

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