Kyle Harrison
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The Demon in the Machine

The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
Author
Paul Davies
Published
2019
Pages
272
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: Life treated as an information-processing phenomenon — the physics of why living matter is different from the rest.

Where I saw it: A @PhysInHistory post on X, December 20, 2025, naming the book with no further comment.

Connections

  • Complexity — information as the thing that distinguishes a living system.