Mae-Wan Ho's "The Rainbow and the Worm: The Physics of Organisms" proposes a holistic, quantum coherent view of biology, defining life as a process of organizing wholes rather than merely a collection of parts. The work argues that organisms exist as ordered liquid crystals that defy classic thermodynamics by maximizing energy efficiency through metabolic coupling. For more information, visit World Scientific . The Rainbow and the Worm - Mae-Wan Ho - Perlego