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Life As No One Knows It

The Physics of Life's Emergence

Sara Imari Walker author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Publishing:12th Aug '25

£10.99

This title is due to be published on 12th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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This non-fiction paperback, "Life As No One Knows It" from Sara Imari Walker, is due to be published 12th August 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group.

Reading LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT is like engaging in a mind-bending conversation about the biggest questions of all -- Tim Urban * creator of Wait But Why *
With wit and clarity, Walker outlines a radical new approach to bridge the conceptual gap between non-life and life -- Paul Davies * author of WHAT’S EATING THE UNIVERSE and THE DEMON IN THE MACHINE *
Walker's defence of her 'assembly theory' is a virtuoso intellectual performance ... full of wit, mischief and bursts of insolent brevity, which for newcomers to this territory are like oases in the desert. Walker shows us that what we call 'life' is but an infinitesimal fraction of all the kinds of like that may arise out of any number of wholly unfamiliar chemistries -- Simon Ings * Daily Telegraph *
An honorable addition to a small genre that began with Noble Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger's WHAT IS LIFE? ... Ingenious * Kirkus Reviews *
LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT is a masterfully crafted and engaging account of Assembly Theory - a theory of the physics of life that promises to lead us toward a fundamentally new avenue of scientific exploration. Assembly Theory might not only help us understand what life is, but develop the scientific tools needed to recognize and locate life elsewhere in the universe, giving us a better understanding of everything from the quantum realm, to life, to consciousness. I highly recommend LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT to anyone interested in fundamental physics, the origins of life, and pursuing a better understanding of the structure underlying all of the universe's creations -- Annaka Harris, New York Times bestselling author of CONSCIOUS: A BRIEF GUIDE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL MYSTERY OF THE MIND
Bracingly original ... This has the potential to be a game changer * Publishers Weekly *

ISBN: 9780349128252

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 41g

272 pages