Paul Davies Demon in the Machine Paperback Book

A gripping new drama in science ... if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing, read this Professor Andrew Briggs, University of OxfordWhen Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper question what is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question. Life really does look like magic even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. And yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery. So can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?In this penetrating and wideranging new analysis, worldrenowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fastmoving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersect. At the heart of these diverse fields, Davies explains, is the concept of information a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the ageold question of whether we are alone in the universe. From lifes murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, The Demon in the Machine is a breathtaking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computing. Weaving together cancer and consciousness, twoheaded worms and bird... | Paul Davies Demon in the Machine Paperback Book