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[B]iologists... define life in terms of its informational qualities... physicists tend to define life in terms of the physical qualities. - Paul Davies
" "[B]iologists... define life in terms of its informational qualities... physicists tend to define life in terms of the physical qualities.
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Paul Charles William Davies, AM (born 22 April 1946) is an English physicist, writer and broadcaster, a professor at Arizona State University as well as the Director of BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. His research interests are in the fields of cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology.
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