A New Physics Theory of Life | Quanta Magazine

An MIT physicist has proposed the provocative idea that life exists because the law of increasing entropy drives matter to acquire lifelike physical properties.

A New Physics Theory of Life | Quanta Magazine Home A New Physics Theory of Life Read Later Share Copied! Comments Read Later Read Later Physics A New Physics Theory of Life By Natalie Wolchover January 22, 2014 An MIT physicist has proposed the provocative idea that life exists because the law of increasing entropy drives matter to acquire lifelike physical properties. Read Later Jeremy England, a 31-year-old physicist at MIT, thinks he has found the underlying physics driving the origin and evolution of life. Katherine Taylor for Quanta Magazine Introduction By Natalie Wolchover Columnist Ja

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