Music of Life by Denis Noble. Summary. Part I.

Molecular biology has advanced quite rapidly in the past few decades, especially after the discovery of the DNA in 1953. However, in order to gain the fruits from this significant scientific leap, the reductionist molecular and genetic approach is not enough, explaining why the benefits from molecular biology in health care is relatively slow compared to the advances in this interesting scientific field. This book is about systems biology, where the author focuses on the fact that it is not possible to understand the logic behind the system from studying the system’s components only. The molecular and cellular components are in fact interacting in a balanced symphonic harmony which Noble calls the music of life.

“Do you not know that our soul is composed of harmony?“, Leonardo da Vinci