Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. 1 Reductionism and Its Discontents 1
4. 2 Entropy, Information, and the Power of Possibilities 23
5. 3 The Long Thread of DNA 44
6. 4 Pushing and Pulling: Life in Motion 76
7. 5 Viruses: A Chemical that Seems to Live 102
8. 6 The Doors of Perception 132
9. 7 Nervous Energy: Sparks to Thoughts 164
10. 8 The Tangled Web of Networks 197
11. 9 Origins 220
12. Coda 242
13. References 253
14. Illustration Credits 259
15. Index 263