Several writers have argued that Life is just what biologists study, which sounds circular but is really saying the subject is more interesting than the definit

Several writers have argued that Life is just what biologists study, which sounds circular but is really saying the subject is more interesting than the definition. From “Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology”: Indeed, it is our view that the quest to understand this strangest of biological phenomena is often hindered by a persnickety insistence on defining it. Biologists cannot even agree on a unique definition of life itself; but that hasn’t stopped them from unraveling aspects of the cell, the double helix, photosynthesis, enzymes and a host of other living phenomena…