How Life Works
18 January 2024Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life . . . Excellent . . . Ball is a terrific writer.' – Adam Rutherford, The Guardian
'Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer . . . There is so much [here] that is amazing . . . urgent . . . astonishing.' – The Sunday Times
A cutting-edge...
Details
18 January 2024560 pages
9781529095982Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Ball is a terrific writer . . . An essential primer in our never-ending quest to understand lifeAdam Rutherford, The Guardian
Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer . . . There is so much [here] that is amazing . . . urgent . . . astonishing.The Sunday Times
Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer . . . There is so much [in How Life Works] that is amazing . . . urgent . . . astonishing.The Sunday Times
A mind-stretching book . . . Ball is a clarifier supreme. It is hard to imagine a more concise, coherent, if also challenging, single volume written on the discoveries made in the life sciences over the past 70 years.The Spectator
