{"product_id":"the-demon-in-the-machine-paul-davies-9780226669700","title":"The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhysics World\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e Best Science Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist and science communicator Paul Davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name; it is a domain where biology, computing, logic, chemistry, quantum physics, and nanotechnology intersect. At the heart of these diverse fields, Davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity which has the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and force us to fundamentally reconsider what it means to be alive--even illuminating the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, \u003ci\u003eThe Demon in the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e journeys across an astounding landscape of cutting-edge science. 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 onto the secret of life itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Davies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022666970X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226669700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020","brand":"Paul Davies","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044023955711,"sku":"9780226669700","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72d6a093-d523-42ea-8ed1-91237fd6fa36.jpg?v=1684970481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-demon-in-the-machine-paul-davies-9780226669700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}