Life on the Edge

Life on the Edge
Author :
Publisher : Crown
Total Pages : 370
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307986832
ISBN-13 : 0307986837
Rating : 4/5 (837 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Life on the Edge by : Johnjoe McFadden

Download or read book Life on the Edge written by Johnjoe McFadden and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller • Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics. Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Using first-hand experience at the cutting edge of science, Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Macfadden reveal that missing ingredient to be quantum mechanics. Drawing on recent ground-breaking experiments around the world, each chapter in Life on the Edge illustrates one of life's puzzles: How do migrating birds know where to go? How do we really smell the scent of a rose? How do our genes copy themselves with such precision? Life on the Edge accessibly reveals how quantum mechanics can answer these probing questions of the universe. Guiding the reader through the rapidly unfolding discoveries of the last few years, Al-Khalili and McFadden describe the explosive new field of quantum biology and its potentially revolutionary applications, while offering insights into the biggest puzzle of all: what is life? As they brilliantly demonstrate in these groundbreaking pages, life exists on the quantum edge. Winner, Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication


Life on the Edge Related Books

Life at the Edge of Science
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: Beverly Rubik
Categories: Alternative medicine
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Inst for Frontier Science

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Life on the Edge
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: Johnjoe McFadden
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-28 - Publisher: Crown

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

New York Times bestseller • Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics. Life is the mo
Life at the Edge of Sight
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Scott Chimileski
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-25 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This stunning photographic essay opens a new frontier for readers to explore through words and images. Microbial studies have clarified life’s origins on Eart
Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
Language: en
Pages: 381
Authors: Carl Zimmer
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-09-13 - Publisher: Picador

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book is not just about life, but about discovery itself. It is about error and hubris, but also about wonder and the reach of science. And it is bookended
Complexity
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Roger Lewin
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Put together one of the world's best science writers with one of the universe's most fascinating subjects and you are bound to produce a wonderful book. . . .