| Description |
xii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Gender group: gdr Men lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ Physicians lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ Theoretical biologists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The world is not a machine -- The function of function -- Propagating organization -- Demystifying life -- How to make a metabolism -- Protocells -- Heritable variation -- The games we play -- Interlude: The surprising true story of Patrick S. "The First," Rupert R., Sly S., and Gus G., protocells in their very early years -- The stage is set -- Exaptations and screwdrivers -- A world beyond physics -- Epilogue: The evolution of the economy. |
| Summary |
How did life start? Is the evolution of life describle by any physics-like laws? A world beyond physics, offers an explanation--beyond what the laws of physics can explain--of a progression of a complex chemical environment to molecular reproduction, melabolism and to early protocells, and further evolution to what we recognize as life. Among the estimated 100 billion solar systems in the known universe, evolving life is surely abundant. That evolution is a process of "becoming" in each case. Since Newton, we have turned to physics to assess reality. But physics alone cannot tell us where we came from, how we arrived, and why our world has evolved past the point of unicellular organisms to an extremely complex biosphere.--from dust jacket cover. |
| Subject |
Life -- Origin.
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Life -- Origin.
(OCoLC)fst00998169
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| ISBN |
9780190871338 hardcover |
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0190871334 hardcover |
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