The miracle of life -- The organization of life -- Evolution : the tireless tinkerer -- Other mechanisms of evolution -- DNA and heritability -- Epigenetics, mutations, and gene insertion -- The illusion of coherence : how we see -- Acoustic perception deconstructed -- Our changing brain -- Plasticity, brain training, and beyond -- Magnetism and its magic -- Electrical forces, fields, and circuits -- Thermodynamics : heat, energy, and work -- Metabolism : energy in the cell -- Fluid mechanics : pressure, buoyancy, flow -- Navigation and propulsion in fluids -- The Big Bang that didn't -- The four forces of nature -- The elements of everything -- Looks like a particle, acts like a wave -- Quanta, uncertainty, and a cat -- String theory, membranes, and the multiverse -- Emergence : simple rules, complex systems -- Order out of chaos.
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