The Equations of Life
How Physics Shapes Evolution
Why do gazelles have legs and not wheels? Why is all life based on carbon rather than silicon? Why do humans have eyes on the front of their heads? And beyond earth, would life - if it should exist - look like our own? The puzzles of life astound and confuse us like no other mystery. An astrophysicist once conceded that even the smallest insect is far more complex than either an atom or a star. But in this groundbreaking new account of the process of evolution, Professor Charles Cockell reveals how nature is far more understandable and predictable than we would think. Refining Darwin's theory of natural selection, Cockell puts forward a rema…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78649-304-0
- EAN: 9781786493040
- Produktnummer: 29085331
- Verlag: Atlantic Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.6 cm x D2.8 cm 325 g
- Gewicht: 325
Über den Autor
Charles Cockell is professor of Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the UK Centre for Astrobiology. He is a former NASA scientist and Open University professor.
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