Life Is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe - Hardcover

McFadden, Johnjoe

 
9781541620445: Life Is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1541620445 ISBN 13: 9781541620445
Verlag: Basic Books, 2021

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"In short, Life Is Simple is enthralling."--Michael Blastland, Prospect

A biologist argues that simplicity is the guiding principle of the universe
 
Centuries ago, the principle of Ockham’s razor changed our world by showing simpler answers to be preferable and more often true. In Life Is Simple, scientist Johnjoe McFadden traces centuries of discoveries, taking us from a geocentric cosmos to quantum mechanics and DNA, arguing that simplicity has revealed profound answers to the greatest mysteries. This is no coincidence. From the laws that keep a ball in motion to those that govern evolution, simplicity, he claims, has shaped the universe itself. And in McFadden’s view, life could only have emerged by embracing maximal simplicity, making the fundamental law of the universe a cosmic form of natural selection that favors survival of the simplest. Recasting both the history of science and our universe’s origins, McFadden transforms our understanding of ourselves and our world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Johnjoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Surrey, where he studies the genetics of microbes that cause infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis. He is the author of Quantum Evolution and the co-author ofLife on the Edge, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Book Prize. He lives in London with his wife and son.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1541620445
ISBN 13 
9781541620445
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Anzahl der Seiten
384
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