Life beyond molecules and genes: how our adaptations make us alive
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Main Author: Rothman, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: West Conshohocken, Pa. Templeton Press c2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: what is it that makes an object alive? -- Life forces and vital substances: the path from vitalism to materialism -- The material causes of life: the modern perspective -- Coming into being: the origin of aliveness -- A more refined understanding: a modern view of what is necessary for life -- A sufficient property of life: a search for the properties that attest to our being alive -- Dr. Bernard's adaptations: the internal adaptations of life and their critical role in understanding life's nature -- The physical world intrudes: how the physical world shapes our adaptive properties and us -- Adaptations as life: adaptations as the sufficient, lifegiving properties -- Spandrels and other irrelevancies: are there sufficient properties of life that are not adaptations? -- Life as complexity: the nature of biological complexity -- Harmony: the concordance of life and its science -- Conclusion: is there life beyond the genome?
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 222 p.)
ISBN:1599472503
1599473658
9781599472508
9781599473659

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