00000cam a2200000 i 4500 UP-99796217613532654 Buklod 20221014133406.0 a r |||| u| ta 221014t20182018nyua rb |001 0|eng c 9781541617599 (iLib)UPD-00518771099 DLC DSCI rda eng DMLUC QH 360.5 C63 2018 Cockell, Charles author. The equations of life how physics shapes evolution Charles S. Cockell. New York Basic Books [2018] x, 337 pages illustration 25 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. We are all familiar with the popular idea of strange alien life wildly different from life on earth inhabiting other planets. Maybe it's made of silicon! Maybe it has wheels! Or maybe it doesn't. In The Equations of Life, biologist Charles S. Cockell makes the forceful argument that the laws of physics narrowly constrain how life can evolve, making evolution's outcomes predictable. If we were to find on a distant planet something very much like a lady bug eating something like an aphid, we shouldn't be surprised. The forms of life are guided by a limited set of rules, and as a result, there is a narrow set of solutions to the challenges of existence. A remarkable scientific contribution breathing new life into Darwin's theory of evolution, The Equations of Life makes a radical argument about what life can -- and can't -- be. -- Provided by publisher. Evolution (Biology) Philosophy. Physics Philosophy. Exobiology. Book FO UPD DIB QH 360.5 C63 2018 Book