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The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life

Name: The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
Brand: University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226669700
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Contributors:

Paul Davies

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Science

Book Subcategory:

Life Sciences, Cognitive Science

Book Topic:

Neuroscience, Evolution

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Release Date:

2019-10-16

ISBN 13:

9780226669700

Weight:

1.1 lbs

Size:

9.10 x 6.20 x 0.90 inches

Pages:

272

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Physics World Book of the Year

A Financial Times, Sunday Times, and Telegraph Best Science Book of the Year

What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery.

In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name; it is a domain where biology, computing, logic, chemistry, quantum physics, and nanotechnology intersect. At the heart of these diverse fields, Davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity which has the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and force us to fundamentally reconsider what it means to be alive--even illuminating the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe.

From life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, The Demon in the Machine journeys across an astounding landscape of cutting-edge science. Weaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, Davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window onto the secret of life itself.

About the Author
Paul Davies is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, broadcaster, and bestselling author of more than twenty books. A winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize, he is Regents' Professor of physics and director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University.

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