Jeremy England: Life is on FIRE (#189)

A preeminent physicist unveils a field-defining theory of the
origins and purpose of life. Why are we alive? Most things in the
universe aren't. And everything that is alive traces back to things
that, puzzlingly, weren't. For centuries, the scientific question
of life's origins has confounded us. But in Every Life Is on Fire,
physicist Jeremy England argues that the answer has been under our
noses the whole time, deep within the laws of thermodynamics.
England explains how, counterintuitively, the very same forces that
tend to tear things apart assembled the first living systems. But
how life began isn't just a scientific question. We ask it because
we want to know what it really means to be alive. So England, an
ordained rabbi, uses his theory to examine how, if at all, science
helps us find purpose in a vast and mysterious universe. Get the
book:
https://www.amazon.com/Every-Life-Fire-Thermodynamics-Explains/dp/1541699017
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to 500-500 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:31 The story of the title and cover
00:05:47 How do you reconcile the major differences in the
interpretation of a creator between Judaism and Christianity?
00:12:11 Why are there so many Jewish and Atheist Nobel Prize
winners? 00:22:13 What is life? 00:25:52 What was your impression
of Schrodinger's monograph; What is Life? 00:31:08 Why is
theremodynamics so relevant to the question of life? 00:36:58 Are
there new dissipative adaptation "probes"/experiments that should
be done? 00:47:45 Is there a Darwinian principle involved in the
thermodynamics of microsystems? 00:56:14 What are the new trends in
Biophysics research? 01:17:09 On the implausibility of random
biogenesis and evolution. 01:04:54 Why does the dissipation of heat
produce structure and order? 01:06:37 Talk about your Jewish
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