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In depth: July 2009
Features
The quantum life
The idea that quantum mechanics can explain many fundamental aspects of life is resurging, as Paul Davies reveals
Darwin’s legacy
Born 200 years ago, Charles Darwin is rightly celebrated for his work explaining the origin of species. But in setting a new standard for what an explanation of nature should be like, he also had a huge impact on physics and cosmology, as Leonard Susskind explains
Opinion
In praise of Darwin
Darwin was no physicist, but his approach to science will be familiar to us
How physics can inspire biology
Alexei Kornyshev thinks that physicists and biologists are now working more closely together than ever before, but that barriers to closer collaboration still exist
The call of the wild
Robert P Crease talks to a former string theorist who found what he wanted in science when he applied the tools of physics to fundamental questions in biology
Reviews
Between chance and necessity
Andrew Steane reviews Stuart Kauffman's Reinventing the Sacred
Beyond Einstein's gravity