A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190871338ISBN-10:190871334UPC:9780190871338Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences, PhysicsBook Topic:EvolutionSize:8.40 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCCTR7BF31
A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life
How did life start? Is the evolution of life describable by any physics-like laws? Stuart Kauffman's latest book offers an explanation-beyond what the laws of physics can explain-of the progression from a complex chemical environment to molecular reproduction, metabolism and to early protocells, and further evolution to what we recognize as life. Among the estimated one hundred billion solar...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190871338ISBN-10:190871334UPC:9780190871338Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life Sciences, PhysicsBook Topic:EvolutionSize:8.40 x 5.70 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCCTR7BF31
Stuart Kauffman is a medical doctor, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher. He has held professorships at the University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in evolutionary biology in 1987. He is the author of multiple seminal works including The Origins of Order (1993) At Home in the Universe (1996), Investigations (2002), and...
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