How Life Works

''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 new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is –...