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Starting with astronomy and our relationship with the Sun and dependence on photosynthesis, he then turns to some of the stranger outcomes of the relationship - bioluminescent creatures, and their evolutionary significance. Finally he looks at the influence of light on biological time-keeping, the focus of much current scientific research. Life would not be here without light, and it would not have evolved as it has done had it not made the best possible use of light's energy and information content for using photosynthesis, biological clocks and vision. This book explores all these aspects of the fascinating interplay of these two phenomena in a lively manner using many intriguing examples.

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Michael Gross is Science Writer in Residence at Birkbeck College, London, and a working researcher in protein biochemistry. He is the author of Life on the Edge, and his articles on science regularly appear in The Independent of London.

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