Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction: The Molecular-Mechanical Vision of Life 1
5. Part One: Taking Membranes Apart, Isolating a Molecular Pump
6. 1. What Membranes Can Tell a Historian and Philosopher of the Life Science 29
7. 2. Active Matter 56
8. Part Two: Remaking Membranes and Molecular Machines
9. 3. Synthesizing Cells and Molecules—Mechanisms as “Plug-and- Play” 113
10. 4. Biochip Fever: Life and Technology in the 1980s 149
11. Conclusion 185
12. List of Abbreviations 207
13. Glossary 209
14. Notes 215
15. Sources 247
16. References 249
17. Index 271