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

Publisher Marketing: Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial 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 still missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Macfadden reveal the hitherto missing ingredient to be quantum mechanics and the strange phenomena that lie at the heart of this most mysterious of sciences. As they brilliantly demonstrate here, life lives on the quantum edge. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2015 (EAN 9780307986818, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/25/2015 (EAN 9780307986818, Hardcover) Booklist 06/01/2015 pg. 14 (EAN 9780307986818, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 121 (EAN 9780307986818, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  McFadden, Johnjoe Johnjoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey and is the editor of several leading text books. For over a decade, he has specialized in examining tuberculosis and meningitis, inventing the first successful molecular test for the latter. Contributor Bio:  Al-Khalili, Jim Jim Al-Khalili OBE is an academic, author, and broadcaster. He is a leading theoretical physicist based at the University of Surrey, where he teaches and carries out research in quantum mechanics. He has presented several television and radio documentaries, including the BAFTA-nominated Chemistry: A Volatile History and The Secret Life of Chaos. Contributor Bio:  Cross, Pete Pete Cross holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Toledo and an MFA in Acting from the California Institute of the Arts. Stage experience includes Alexander in "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," at Carnegie Hall. He has also acted in film, and served on faculty at Cal Arts and with Aquila Morong Studio in Hollywood. Pete has coached for film and theatrical productions, and continues to work with private clients all over the world.