Living Matter: Seeking New Physics in the Biological World
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Living Matter: Seeking New Physics in the Biological World
By (Author) Alexander Levine
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
4th March 2026
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
571.4
Physical Properties
Hardback
280
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
Why the living world may be the next great frontier of physics The frontiers of physics can seem impossibly remote-located in the invisible quantum realm or the farthest reaches of the cosmos. But one of physics' most exciting frontiers lies much closer than we realize: within our own bodies and other living organisms, which display astonishingl
Reviews
"Living Matter: Seeking New Physics in the Biological World argues that lifes complexity and capacity for self-organisation may require a new branch of physics." * New Scientist *
Author Bio
Alex J. Levine (19682022) was a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was also the founding director of the Center for Biological Physics.
