Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

Synopsis

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.