Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology - Couverture souple

Al-Khalili, Jim; McFadden, Johnjoe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0593069323 ISBN 13 : 9780593069325

Editeur : Bantam Press, 2014

Synopsis

The startling discovery that the weirdness of quantum mechanics provides the vital spark that ignites life

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jim Al-Khalili OBE FRS is a quantum physicist, author and broadcaster based at the University of Surrey where he holds a joint chair in physics and the public engagement in science. He has written ten books, translated into over twenty languages. He is a regular presenter of TV science documentaries and also presents the long-running weekly BBC Radio 4 programme, The Life Scientific. A recipient of the Royal Society Michael Faraday medal, the Institute of Physics Kelvin Medal and the inaugural Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication, he is also the current president of the British Science Association. He received an OBE in 2007 for ‘services to science’ and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2018. Sunfall is his first novel. Jim Al-Khalili lives in Hampshire.

Professor Johnjoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey and is the editor of leading text books on both molecular biology and systems biology of tuberculosis. For over a decade, he has specialised in examining tuberculosis and meningitis, inventing the first successful molecular test for the latter. He is the author of Quantum Evolution and co-editor of Human Nature: Fact and Fiction and writes for the Guardian on topics including GM crops, psychedelic drugs and quantum mechanics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0593069323
• ISBN 13: 9780593069325
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
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