Glycolysis

I’m trying to understand some biology. Being a mathematician I’m less interested in all the complicated details of life on this particular planet than in something a bit more abstract. I want to know ‘the language of life’: the right way to talk about living systems.

Of course, there’s no way to reach this goal without learning a lot of the complicated details. But I might as well be honest and state my goal, since it’s bound to put a strange spin on how I learn and talk about biology.

For ex...