From complexity to life: on the emergence of life and meaning
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2003
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Pt 1. Defining complexity. Randomness and mathematical proof / Gregory J. Chaitin ; How to define complexity in physics, and why / Charles H. Bennett -- Pt 2. The concept of information in physics and biology. The emergence of autonomous agents / Stuart Kauffman ; Complexity and the arrow of time / Paul Davies ; Can evolutionary algorithms generate specified complexity? / William A. Dembski ; The second law of gravitics and the fourth law of thermodynamics / Ian Stewart ; Two arrows from a mighty bow / Werner R. Loewenstein -- Pt 3. Philosophical and religious perspectives. Emergence of transcendence / Harold J. Morowitz ; Complexity, emergence, and divine creativity / Arthur Peacocke ; From anthropic design to self-organized complexity / Niels Henrik Gregersen
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 243 p.)
ISBN:0195186362
0195348656
9780195186369
9780195348651

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