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Why does life exist at all-when the mathematics says it shouldn't? In GENESIS and the Cosmic Fabric of Life, biologist and systems theorist Javier Burgos-Salcedo tackles one of science's deepest paradoxes: the astonishing speed and universality with which life emerged in the universe. By every calculation, random chemistry should never have found its way to living systems. Yet life appeared early, converged on the same molecular solutions, and repeated the same patterns everywhere it arose. This ambitious and provocative book proposes a radical answer. Drawing on cutting-edge biology, network science, quantum physics, and cosmology, Burgos-Salcedo introduces the GENESIS framework: the idea that life is guided by an inherited structure written into the quantum fabric of the universe itself. Building on Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, the book argues that information from previous cosmic cycles subtly biases chemistry toward life-friendly solutions-compressing the vast search space of biology into a narrow set of attractors that evolution repeatedly rediscovers. From the universal topology of metabolic networks to the mystery of biological chirality, from the origin of life to the nature of consciousness, GENESIS weaves together empirical data, testable predictions, and philosophical reflection. It does not claim certainty or purpose-only a bold, falsifiable hypothesis grounded in physics and biology, one that invites serious scrutiny. Written for scientifically curious readers willing to think across disciplines, GENESIS and the Cosmic Fabric of Life reframes life not as a cosmic accident, but as an iterative feature of a universe that remembers its past-and may be learning how to create life across time itself.
