The Demon in the Machine by Paul Davies

The Demon in the Machine by Paul Davies'A gripping new drama in science if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing, read this' Professor Andrew Briggs, University of Oxford When Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper question: what is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question. Life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no

an awkward young prince

the most horrible of deaths

Balor the Irish cyclops wreaks destruction when he opens his single eye and it takes four men to lift his eyelid

But while hiding out at the seaside they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot

as well as exploring democracy

Luckily the good people of Ireland are ready to help him

Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty

In this rapturous third collection

Its history of empire

and be true to himself

community and nature

But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts