How Life Works

A User’s Guide to the New Biology

by Philip Ball.

An interesting read about how life is built. About a third of the way through the book it was clear that I wasn't able to follow the discussions in the book. It was too technical, it would need me studying the book rather than just reading it. What I did grasp though is that life is far more complex that just basic DNA programming and that science probably needs to come up with another metaphor to describe how life is designed, built and evolves.

11.01.2026 - 30.04.2026. Not finished.