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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 living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Macfadden reveal the hitherto missing ingredient to be quantum mechanics and the strange phenomena that lie at the heart of this most mysterious of sciences. As they brilliantly demonstrate here, life lives on the quantum edge.
- Sales Rank: #1252359 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 2
- Dimensions: 7.80" h x 1.14" w x 5.00" l, .73 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
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Praise for New York Times Bestseller Life on the Edge
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"Remarkable...Life on the Edge�is a fascinating and thought-provoking book that combines solid science, reasonable extrapolation from the known into the unknown, and plausible speculation to give an accessible overview of a revolutionary transformation in our understanding of the living world."
—Wall Street Journal
"The elemental provocation of the book lies in the authors' ability to make the complex conceivable... McFadden and Al-Khalili give sure footing to the anything-goes bafflement of quantum theory."
—Kirkus Reviews
"McFadden and Al-Khalili draw readers into a revolutionary new paradigm. . . An intellectually exhilarating visit to the baffling frontiers of science!"
—Booklist [starred]
"The book elegantly opens up a new way of looking at nature."
—The Independent; “Books of the Year”
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"A really original science book about a new field of research ... Groundbreaking."
—Financial Times, “Books of the Year”
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"Coherence is just one of the complex phenomena that Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden set out to teach the reader. They succeed by using delightfully revealing analogies and similes, some borrowed from their prior work, that make slippery concepts sit still for study."
—The Economist
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"Hugely ambitious ... the skill of the writing provides the uplift to keep us aloft as we fly through the strange and spectacular terra incognita of genuinely new science."
—The Times (UK)
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"Physicist Jim Al-Khalili and molecular biologist Johnjoe McFadden explore this extraordinary realm with cogency and wit."
—Nature Magazine
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"This thrilling book is an overview of a field that barely exists ... Al-Khalili has a genius for illustrating complex ideas via imaginative sidetracks."
—The Sunday Telegraph
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“The great virtue of this book is its thesis – it sets out a clear and enthusiastic argument for the importance of quantum biology.”
—New Scientist
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"Life on the Edge gives the clearest account I've ever read of the possible ways in which the very small events of the quantum world can affect the world of middle-sized living creatures like us. With great vividness and clarity it shows how our world is tinged, even saturated, with the weirdness of the quantum."
—Philip Pullman
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"This illuminating account of an important new field is a wonderfully educative read."
—A C Grayling
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About the Author
Johnjoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey and is the editor of several leading text books. For over a decade, he has specialized in examining tuberculosis and meningitis, inventing the first successful molecular test for the latter.
Jim Al-Khalili OBE is an academic, author, and broadcaster. He is a leading theoretical physicist based at the University of Surrey, where he teaches and carries out research in quantum mechanics. He has presented several television and radio documentaries, including the BAFTA-nominated Chemistry: A Volatile History and The Secret Life of Chaos.
Pete Cross holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Toledo and an MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts. Stage experience includes Alexander in "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," at Carnegie Hall. He has also acted in film, and served on faculty at Cal Arts and with Aquila Morong Studio in Hollywood. Pete has coached for film and theatrical productions, and continues to work with private clients all over the world.
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73 of 75 people found the following review helpful.
Cutting-edge topic entertainingly explored with widely sourced top-notch research for support
By Mark Mueller
Quantum physics is certainly weird, but it isn't controversial any more. Quantum effects make technologies such as MRI possible. The authors do a good job of explaining the various physical quantum effects. The description of the famous two slit experiment is very clear in this book. Even though you find the results bizarre, you do understand what the results were and what they say about the quantum world.
Quantum effects in biology do not seem bizarre. There is no additional weirdness, just quantum weirdness applied to minute biological processes. The authors focus on where and how quantum effects come into play, for example, in bird navigation or photosynthesis. The authors deal with the questions of why you need quantum physics rather than classical physics to explain specific results. They explain how a particular quantum effect achieves (or could achieve) a desired end. They explore how a tiny or animal cell can maintain quantum coherence (i.e. preservation of a quantum state necessary for quantum effects) long enough to allow the process to complete when physics labs cannot maintain quantum coherence for nearly as long despite massive equipment. Finally they explain how minute events can have a profound influence on living beings which are vastly bigger despite a general expectation in the scientific community that something tinier than a hair on a dog's tail could not possibly wag the dog.
Aside from being easy and enjoyable to read, the book references published experiments and theoretical papers used in building up the narrative, including some papers which were published only months before the book was published. You get a feeling of observing the state of quantum biology just a few months ago. The authors also do a good job of showing what's speculative and what has been supported by research conducted in labs around the world. You end up feeling there is ample reason to believe that quantum physics plays an important role in biological processes.
55 of 60 people found the following review helpful.
A fascinating new field of research narrated with passion and wit.
By Peter O. Gandolfi
First of all let me assure everyone that "Life on the Edge" is an easy to read science book even for people, like myself, who are not experts in quantum mechanics and biology. What attracted me to this book was the quite-intriguing title and the fact that I have been familiar to how Jim Al-Khalili was always able to explain complicated stuff in an easy to understand way. So I gave it a try and, as soon as I started reading it, I have been captivated by its narrative. It was like reading a thriller. The authors, Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden, have succeeded in giving an illuminating account on a new field of research which may one day give a decisive contribution in understanding life and its secrets. Many thanks to both authors. You have been able to reconcile me with the weirdness of quantum mechanics, while illustrating with vividness and clarity some of the exciting and wonderful tricks being used by nature.
33 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
"Life on the Edge" clears away this fog and makes the whole field easy to understand
By john smythies M.D. F.R.C.P.
As a neuroscientist I have found this book invaluable for my research. Previously the whole subject of the possible role of quantum mechanics in brain mechanisms had been clouded in a fog of mystery and controversy. "Life on the Edge" clears away this fog and makes the whole field easy to understand. Recent research described in this book reveals the important role of quantum mechanics in sharpening up the function of certain key mechanisms in the brain—especially the function of voltage-gated ion channels that play a key role in neural computations. The field is now open for the discovery of other brain mechanisms in which quantum mechanics may be operating.
Thanks and congratulations to Jim and Johnjoe!
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