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9780241309599 |
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024130959X |
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9780241360934 |
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0241360935 |
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500 |
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DAV.D |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Davies, P. C. W., |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The demon in the machine: How hidden webs of information are solving the mystery of life |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
UK |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Allen Lane, Penguin Random House |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
250 pages ; |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Chapter. 1: What is life? Chapter. 2: Enter the Demon Chapter. 3: The logic of life Chapter. 4: Darwinism 2.o Chapter. 5: Spooky life and quantum demons Chapter. 6: Almost a Miracle Chapter. 7: The Ghost in the Machine Epilogue Further Reading Notes Illustration Credits Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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When 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 wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving 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 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 is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computing. 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 on the secret of life itself. |
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Life. |
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Physics |
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Computer science |
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Nanotechnology |
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Chemistry |
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Biology |
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Book |
