Equations of Life: The Hidden Rules Shaping Evolution

One of Britain's foremost astrobiologists, Professor Charles Cockell, offers an accessible and game-changing account of life on Earth in his book "The Equations of Life." He explores why life is based on carbon rather than silicon, and what life might look like beyond Earth. Cockell's book provides a compelling argument about the forces that shape living things on Earth and fuses the latest in scientific research with fascinating accounts of the creatures that surround us.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 352 pages
\n Publication date: 28 June 2018
\n Publisher: Atlantic Books
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One of Britain s foremost astrobiologists offers an accessible and game-changing account of life on Earth. The puzzles of life astound and confuse us like no other mystery. But in this groundbreaking book,Professor Charles Cockell reveals how nature is far more understandable and predictable than we would think. Breathing new life into Darwin s theory of natural selection, The Equations of Life puts forward an elegant account of why evolution has taken the paths it has. In a captivating journey into the forces that shape living things on Earth,Cockell explains that the fundamental laws of physics constrain nature at every turn. Fusing the latest in scientific research with fascinating accounts of the creatures that surround us,this is a compelling argument about what life can - and can t - be.

\n Weight: 696g\n
Dimension: 174 x 242 x 35 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781786493026\n
Edition number: Main\n