Blaze a new trail of discovery in biochemistry.<BR />Nearly a half a century after the introduction of the idea that humanity lives in a universe at the<BR />just-right location the just-right time and with the just-right physical constants the anthropic<BR />principle continues to gain acceptance among astronomers and astrophysicists. Few scientists<BR />question the fine-tuning of the numerical quantities that define the universe.<BR />But what about the unexplored areas of chemistry and biochemistry? Do we witness an equal<BR />amount of evidence for fine-tuning?<BR />In Fit for a Purpose biochemist Fazale Rana fearlessly pushes the boundaries of the anthropic<BR />principle beyond cosmology. In the process Rana invites the reader to discover the world of<BR />chemical and biochemical fine-tuning as well as to contemplate this question:<BR />If the universe is fit for life and biochemical systems are fit for their role in life<BR />is it possible that everything is “fit for a purpose”?
