Most people aren't yet aware that all life is information processing. This is in part because of the utter degradation and fallen state of our civilization's information distribution system.

This fact that we live in a mathematical universe does not "unweave the rainbow" as the romantic poet, John Keats once feared.

Dennis Bray, emeritus biology professor at Cambridge University wrote a good, easy to read book on the subject that does not overstate the similarities between biological and silicon methods of information processing.

WETWARE: A Computer in every Living Cell

>Some books that deserved to be read multiple times. This is one of three books I first read a few months ago, and I just revisited them all to find that they are still as good as I remembered them. See also my reviews of Reinventing Gravity and In Search of Time.

How does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex sequences of movements without the benefit of a nervous system? This book offers a startling and original answer. I re-read this tome a couple of weeks ago as I pen these words, yet I'm still pondering the things it taught me on a daily basis. I would strongly recommend this little scamp to anyone and everyone. This is a “must read”!!! (I know that multiple exclamation marks are the sign of a feeble brain, but I don't care!)

Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell is an incredibly thought-provoking book. The author, Dennis Bray, writes in a very clear, understandable, yet vivid style. Early in the book we are introduced to the amoeba. Even though this is only a single-celled creature, it can “crawl” around, hunt for food, and respond to external stimuli like lights and sounds and smells… all without muscles or a nervous system.

https://www.eetimes.com/book-review-wetware-a-computer-in-every-living-cell-by-dennis-bray/

Dennis Bray is an active emeritus professor at University of Cambridge. … After a first career in Neurobiology, working on cell growth and movement, Dennis Bray moved in Cambridge to develop computational models of cell signaling,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Bray

https://www.wired.com/2010/05/scientists-create-first-self-replicating-synthetic-life-2/