# How Life Works

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- Book: [How Life Works](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-ball/how-life-works) ([How Life Works.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-ball/how-life-works.md))
- Authors: [Philip Ball](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-ball)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-15-2909-600-2
- Pages: 560
- Published: 2025-03-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Ball is a terrific writer . . . An essential primer in our never-ending quest to understand life