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Life on the Edge

The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

Autor: Jim Al-Khalili, Johnjoe McFadden

Język:

Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK

Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy

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Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? Even in this...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Jim Al-Khalili, Johnjoe McFadden

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2015

strony

464

EAN

9780552778077

ISBN

0552778079

Enbook ID

09480963

Wydawca

Transworld Publ. Ltd UK

Waga

324

Wymiary

131 x 196 x 29

Pełny opis

Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? Even in this age of cloning and synthetic 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 missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Like Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, which provided a new perspective on evolution, Life on the Edge alters our understanding of life's dynamics as Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Macfadden reveal the hitherto missing ingredient to be quantum mechanics. Drawing on recent ground-breaking experiments around the world, they show how photosynthesis relies on subatomic particles existing in many places at once, while inside enzymes, those workhorses of life that make every molecule within our cells, particles vanish from one point in space and instantly materialize in another. Each chapter in Life on the Edge opens with an engaging example that 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 manage to copy themselves with such precision? - and then reveals how quantum mechanics delivers its answer. Guiding the reader through the maze of rapidly unfolding discovery, Al-Khalili and McFadden communicate vividly the excitement of this explosive new field of quantum biology, with its potentially revolutionary applications, and also offer insights into the biggest puzzle of all: what is life?