Life on the Edge
The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
by Johnjoe McFadden
Should I read this?
Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Biohacking, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
New York Times bestseller Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics.Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything livin...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Biohacking, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
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Vinod Khosla
“Each chapter illustrates one of life’s puzzles and makes you think differently about the world.”
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“Reading feels brisk and combative: clear metaphors and thought experiments carry much of the book, making abstract evolutionary mechanics concrete for a general reader. The most useful material offers step-by-step dismantling of purposive explanations and replaces them with probabilistic accounts of variation and selection. Main limitation is tone and repetition—several chapters restate the same counterarguments at length—and occasional technical detours into probability and genetics that slow readers who prefer story over demonstration. No hands-on exercises.”
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