{"product_id":"the-equations-of-life-sasi-shanmugam-senga-9780648928522","title":"The Equations of Life: How Music, Ageing, and Cancer Obey the Same Mathematics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Equations of Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy do some systems endure, while others collapse suddenly?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does music feel stable even as it unfolds?\u003cbr\u003eWhy can the human body hold together for decades, and then fail abruptly?\u003cbr\u003eWhy does ageing feel gradual, but cancer feel like a shock?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Equations of Life\u003c\/i\u003e argues that these are not separate mysteries. They are expressions of the same underlying mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a neurosurgical oncologist, this book reveals a unifying logic behind music, health, ageing, cancer, and complex systems. Across these domains, the same rule applies: coherence persists only while regulation can keep pace with noise and time. When it can, systems endure. When regulation weakens, they drift. When it collapses, behaviour changes regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a technical book, and it offers no miracle cures. Instead, it explains, clearly and without sensationalism, why health is dynamic balance rather than perfection, why ageing is not failure but drift, and why cancer represents a fundamental loss of control rather than accelerated ageing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending science, medicine, history, and lived experience, \u003ci\u003eThe Equations of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is for readers interested in how complex systems, from bodies and brains to music and institutions, hold together, come apart, and sometimes fail suddenly after long periods of apparent stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book does not promise permanence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt explains persistence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sasi Shanmugam Senga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648928527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648928522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kcf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Sasi Shanmugam Senga","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447251448063,"sku":"9780648928522","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23bd851c-b942-42e3-8f70-f1e9fbd8648a.jpg?v=1777229860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-equations-of-life-sasi-shanmugam-senga-9780648928522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}