The Demon in the Machine
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The Demon in the Machine
| Full title | The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life |
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| Author | Paul Davies |
| Published | 2019 |
| Pages | 272 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Paul Davies treats life as an information-processing phenomenon — the physics of why living matter is different from everything else, and how hidden webs of information may solve the mystery of life. |
Where I heard about it
- @PhysInHistory — a post on X naming the book with no further comment, December 2025.
Connections
- Complexity — information as the thing that distinguishes a living system.
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