The Rainbow and the Worm : The Physics of Organisms

The Physics of Organisms

By: Mae-wan Ho

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This highly unusual book is a serious inquiry into Schrodinger's question, "What is life?", and at the same time a celebration of life itself. It takes the reader on a voyage of discovery through many areas of contemporary physics, from non-equilibrium thermodynamics and quantum optics to liquid crystals and fractals, all necessary for illuminating the problem of life. In the process, the reader is treated to a rare and exquisite view of the organism, gaining novel insights, not only into the physics but also into "the poetry and meaning of being alive". This book is intended for all who love the subject.

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Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
What is It to Be Alive?	p. 1
Do Organisms Contravene the Second Law?	p. 13
Can the Second Law Cope with Organized Complexity?	p. 24
Energy Flow and Living Cycles	p. 37
How to Catch a Falling Electron	p. 61
Towards a Thermodynamics of Organized Complexity	p. 79
The Seventy-Three Octaves of Nature's Music	p. 95
Coherent Excitations of the Body Electric	p. 110
How Coherent is the Organism?	p. 135
Life is All the Colours of the Rainbow in a Worm	p. 149
The Liquid Crystalline Organism	p. 169
Crystal Consciousness	p. 184
Quantum Entanglement and Coherence	p. 199
The Ignorance of the External Observer	p. 218
Time and Freewill	p. 232
References	p. 251
Subject Index	p. 273
Author Index	p. 278
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