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If ever you want an example of going from physics to biology, it's the origin of the genetic code.

— Paul Davies The Demon in the Machine (2019)

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To a physicist like me, life looks to be little short of magic: all those dumb molecules conspiring to achieve such clever things!

The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence (2010)

The brain is the medium of expression of the human mind. Similarly the entire physical universe would be the medium of expression of the mind of a natural God.

God and the New Physics (1983)

Matter as such has been demoted from its central role, to be replaced by concepts such as organization, complexity and information.

The Matter Myth: Towards 21st-century Science (1991)

The scientific quest is a journey into the unknown.

The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World (1992)

The overall organization of the universe has suggested to many a modern astronomer an element of design.

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