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Summary:

"An intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges. 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"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• What is life?
• Hard problems
• New physics
• Life is what?
• Aliens
• Origins
• Planetary futures.

Author/Creator:

Walker, Sara Imari , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Life as no one knows it: the physics of life's emergence [by Walker, S.I.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Life as no one knows it [by Walker, S.I.] (New York : Riverhead Books, 2024 — ISBN 9780593191910; LCCN 2024005213)

Subjects:

Life — Origin — Popular works

Exobiology — Popular works

Molecular evolution — Popular works

Biophysics — Popular works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

QH325 .W355 2024

ISBNs:

9780593191910 (electronic bk.)
0593191919 (electronic bk.)
9780593191897 [Invalid]
0593191897 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1435750288

Other Control Numbers:

3726414 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp306556232