Life on the Edge (Record no. 4260)
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| control field | 20241206092902.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2014495967 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0552778079 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780552778077 |
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| Qualifying information | Paperback |
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| Transcribing agency | ASM |
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jim Al-Khalili |
| Relator term | Author |
| 110 ## - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Jim Al-Khalili |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Life on the Edge |
| Remainder of title | The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Jim Al-Khalili |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Bantam Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 355 pages |
| Other physical details | "Illustrations, Images" |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? Even in this age of cloning and synthetic 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 missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Like Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, which provided a new perspective on evolution, Life on the Edge alters our understanding of life's dynamics as Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Macfadden reveal the hitherto missing ingredient to be quantum mechanics. Drawing on recent ground-breaking experiments around the world, they show how photosynthesis relies on subatomic particles existing in many places at once, while inside enzymes, those workhorses of life that make every molecule within our cells, particles vanish from one point in space and instantly materialize in another. Each chapter in Life on the Edge opens with an engaging example that illustrates one of life’s puzzles – How do migrating birds know where to go? How do we really smell the scent of a rose? How do our genes manage to copy themselves with such precision? – and then reveals how quantum mechanics delivers its answer. Guiding the reader through the maze of rapidly unfolding discovery, Al-Khalili and McFadden communicate vividly the excitement of this explosive new field of quantum biology, with its potentially revolutionary applications, and also offer insights into the biggest puzzle of all: what is life?" |
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| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Virology |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnjoe McFadden |
| Relator term | Authors |
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