How Does Life Work?
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A few of the many questions The Way Life Works will help you answer:
Why is DNA more like a recipe than a blueprint?
Why are we as much a hive as an individual?
Why do we need to zig-zag in order to go in a straight line?
How could a roomful of monkeys pecking at computer keys create a sonnet?
If someone called you a parasite, you'd probably be insulted. But in one sense they'd be right. Why?
How do you keep from making too much of a good thing?
What do beetles tell us about variations on a theme?
Why do embryos of fish, cows, rabbits, and humans look so much alike?
What are the working molecules that account for life's diversity?
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