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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kauffman, Stuart A.
Titre(s) : A world beyond physics [Texte imprimé] : the emergence and evolution of life / Stuart A. Kauffman
Publication : New York : Oxford university press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-151 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 141-143. Index
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
Sujet(s) : Origine de la vie
Exobiologie
Biophysique
Indice(s) Dewey :
576.83 (23e éd.) = Origine de la vie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190871338. - ISBN 0190871334 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46526608f
Notice n° :
FRBNF46526608
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
