Johnjoe McFadden is Professor of Molecular Genetics at the
University of Surrey and is the editor of several leading text
books. For over a decade, he has specialized in examining
tuberculosis and meningitis, inventing the first successful
molecular test for the latter. He is the author of Quantum
Evolution and co-editor of Human Nature: Fact and Fiction.
Jim Al-Khalili OBE is an academic, author, and broadcaster.
He is a leading theoretical physicist based at the University of
Surrey, where he teaches and carries out research in quantum
mechanics. He has written a number of popular science books,
including Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science. He has
presented several television and radio documentaries, including the
BAFTA-nominated Chemistry: A Volatile History and The Secret Life
of Chaos.
"Remarkable...Life on the Edge is a fascinating and
thought-provoking book that combines solid science, reasonable
extrapolation from the known into the unknown, and plausible
speculation to give an accessible overview of a revolutionary
transformation in our understanding of the living
world." —Wall Street Journal
"The elemental provocation of the book lies in the authors' ability
to make the complex conceivable... McFadden and Al-Khalili give
sure footing to the anything-goes bafflement of quantum
theory." —Kirkus Reviews
"McFadden and Al-Khalili draw readers into a revolutionary new
paradigm. . . An intellectually exhilarating visit to the baffling
frontiers of science!" —Booklist [starred]
"The book elegantly opens up a new way of looking at nature." —The
Independent; “Books of the Year”
"A really original science book about a new field of research ...
Groundbreaking." —Financial Times, “Books of the Year”
"Coherence is just one of the complex phenomena that Jim Al-Khalili
and Johnjoe McFadden set out to teach the reader. They succeed by
using delightfully revealing analogies and similes, some borrowed
from their prior work, that make slippery concepts sit still for
study." —The Economist
"Hugely ambitious ... the skill of the writing provides the uplift
to keep us aloft as we fly through the strange and spectacular
terra incognita of genuinely new science." —The Times (UK)
"Physicist Jim Al-Khalili and molecular biologist Johnjoe McFadden
explore this extraordinary realm with cogency and wit." —Nature
Magazine
"This thrilling book is an overview of a field that barely exists
... Al-Khalili has a genius for illustrating complex ideas via
imaginative sidetracks." —The Sunday Telegraph
“The great virtue of this book is its thesis – it sets out a clear
and enthusiastic argument for the importance of quantum biology.”
—New Scientist
"Life on the Edge gives the clearest account I've ever read of the
possible ways in which the very small events of the quantum world
can affect the world of middle-sized living creatures like us. With
great vividness and clarity it shows how our world is tinged, even
saturated, with the weirdness of the quantum." —Philip
Pullman
"This illuminating account of an important new field is a
wonderfully educative read." —A C Grayling
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