Publisher Description
We are all familiar with the popular idea that strange alien life is wildly different from life on Earth. Maybe it’s made of silicon! Maybe it has wheels! Or maybe it doesn’t. In The Equations of Life, biologist Charles S. Cockell makes the forceful argument that the laws of physics narrowly constrain how life can evolve, making evolution’s outcomes predictable. If we were to find something very much like a lady bug eating something very much like an aphid on a distant planet, we shouldn’t be surprised. The forms of life are guided by a limited set of rules, and, as a result, there is a narrow set of solutions to the challenges of existence. A remarkable scientific contribution breathing new life into Darwin’s theory of evolution, The Equations of Life makes a radical argument about what life can-and can’t-be.
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About Ian Porter
Ian Porter is an American actor who has been living and working in Britain since 1988. His film credits including Saving Private Ryan, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Gulliver’s Travels with Jack Black. His television credits include The Execution of Gary Glitter, Inside the Mind of Adolph Hitler, and Bonekickers. He has worked extensively on stage and has a busy voice-over career. He has voiced many computer games, as well as narrating audiobooks such as Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro. He has also taken part in BBC Radio 4 dramas such as The Women’s Room and Valley of the Dolls.