How Life Works

Ball is a terrific writer . . . An essential primer in our never-ending quest to understand lifeAdam Rutherford, The Guardian

Ball is a ferociously gifted science writer . . . There is so much [here] that is amazing . . . urgent . . . astonishing.The Sunday Times

A mind-stretching book . . . Ball is a clarifier supreme. It is hard to imagine a more concise, coherent, if also challenging, single volume written on the discoveries made in the life sciences over the past 70 years.The Spectator

Full of fascinating information . . . The dedicated reader will come away with many novel insights and a new perspective on what makes life special.The Times Literary Supplement