Every life is on fire: how thermodynamics explains the origins of living things / [1 ed.] 1541699017, 9781541699014

"Why are we alive? Most things in the universe aren't. And if you trace the evolutionary history of plants and

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English Pages 258 Year 2020

Every life is on fire: how thermodynamics explains the origins of living things / [1 ed.]
1541699017, 9781541699014

Table of contents :
Staff and snake -- Snow and dust -- River and blood -- Mountain and sword -- Flame and tree -- Wind and breath -- Voice and word

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