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Life As No One Knows It

By Walker, Sara Imari

Life As No One Knows It

By Walker, Sara Imari

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What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like. In LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT, physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker argues that solving the origin of life requires radical new thinking and an experimentally testable theory for what life is. This is an urgent issue for efforts to make life from scratch in laboratories here on Earth and missions searching for life on other planets. Walker proposes a new paradigm for understanding what physics encompasses and what we recognize as life. She invites us into a world of maverick scientists working without a map, seeking not just answers but better ways to formulate the biggest questions we have about the universe. The book culminates with the bold proposal of a new theory for identifying and classifying life, one that applies not just to biological life on Earth but to any instance of life in the universe. Rigorous, accessible, and vital, LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT celebrates the mystery of life and the explanatory power of physics.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
262
Release Date:
2024-08-06
Publication Date:
2024-08-06
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0349128235
ISBN13:
9780349128238
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
336 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
232 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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