Every life is on fire: how thermodynamics explains the origins of living things (Record no. 55021)
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| fixed length control field | 01731 a2200217 4500 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781541699014 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 576.83 |
| Item number | ENG |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | England, Jeremy |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Every life is on fire: how thermodynamics explains the origins of living things |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Basic Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2020. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York: |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | vii, 258p.: |
| Other physical details | ill.; hbk; |
| Dimensions | 22cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes notes, index and references |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A preeminent physicist unveils a field-defining theory of the origins and purpose of life. Why are we alive? Most things in the universe aren’t. And everything that is alive traces back to things that, puzzlingly, weren’t. For centuries, the scientific question of life’s origins has confounded us. But in Every Life Is on Fire, physicist Jeremy England argues that the answer has been under our noses the whole time, deep within the laws of thermodynamics. England explains how, counterintuitively, the very same forces that tend to tear things apart assembled the first living systems. But how life began isn’t just a scientific question. We ask it because we want to know what it really means to be alive. So England, an ordained rabbi, uses his theory to examine how, if at all, science helps us find purpose in a vast and mysterious universe. In the tradition of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, Every Life Is on Fire is a profound testament to how something can come from nothing.<br/><br/>https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jeremy-england/every-life-is-on-fire/9781541699014/ |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Thermodynamics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Evolution |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Evolutionary theory |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life--Origin |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Live on earth |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Checked out | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 24/11/2022 | Books India | 0.00 | 5 | 576.83 ENG | 032295 | 16/12/2024 | 13/05/2024 | 13/05/2024 | 1 | 2072.00 | Books |
