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Paul Davies: The Demon in the Machine (2019, University of Chicago Press)

Life, even in its simplest forms, is *amazing* and incredibly improbable

How did life come about, how does it work, how does it seemingly defy entropy, and what has information theory & quantum mechanics got to do with it? Doesn't quite manage the clearest explanations, leaving me on the cusp of comprehension, but then the underlying concepts are at the forefront of human knowledge. Life, even in its simplest forms, is amazing and incredibly improbable.