02311cam a2200313 i 4500 1390587567 TxAuBib 20240819120000.0 240511s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024005212 9780593191897 HRD 29.00 0593191897 HRD 29.00 TxAuBib rda Walker, Sara Imari, author. Life as no one knows it [BOOK] : the physics of life's emergence / Sara Imari Walker. New York : Riverhead Books, 2024. 262 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index. What is life ? -- Hard problems -- New physics -- Life is what ? -- Aliens -- Origins -- Planetary futures. "What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other planets might look like. In Life as No One Knows It, physicist and astrobiologist Sara Imari Walker argues that solving the origin of life requires radical new thinking and an experimentally testable theory for what life is. This is an urgent issue for efforts to make life from scratch in laboratories here on Earth and missions searching for life on other planets. Walker proposes a new paradigm for understanding what physics encompasses and what we recognize as life. She invites us into a world of maverick scientists working without a map, seeking not just answers but better ways to formulate the biggest questions we have about the universe. The book culminates with the bold proposal of a new theory for identifying and classifying life, one that applies not just to biological life on Earth but to any instance of life in the universe.". 20240819. Life Origin Popular works. Exobiology Popular works. Molecular evolution Popular works. Biophysics Popular works.