What is Life? (Paperback)

Addy Pross

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Editorial: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016

0198784791 / 9780198784791

Serie: Libro 6 de 19 - Oxford Landmark Science

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Paperback. Seventy years ago, Erwin Schroedinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?'. This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists ever since. Living things are hugely complex and have unique properties, such as self-maintenance and apparently purposeful behaviour which we do not see in inert matter. So how does chemistry give rise to biology? What could have led the first replicating molecules up such a path? Now, developments in the emerging field of 'systems chemistry' are unlocking the problem. Addy Pross shows how the different kind of stability that operates among replicating molecules results in a tendency for chemical systems to become more complex and acquire the properties of life. Strikingly, he demonstrates that Darwinian evolution is the biological expression of a deeper, well-defined chemical concept: the whole story from replicating molecules to complex life is one continuous process governed by an underlying physical principle. The gulf between biology and the physical sciences is finally becoming bridged. This new edition includes an Epilogue describing developments in the concepts of fundamental forms of stability discussed in the book, and their profound implications. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallised big ideas, and shaped the way we think. Seventy years ago, Erwin Schroedinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?'. Scientists have puzzled over it ever since. Addy Pross uses insights from the new field of systems chemistry to show how chemistry can become biology, and that Darwinian evolution is the expression of a deeper physical principle. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
What is Life? (Paperback)
Autor
Addy Pross
Editorial
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Año de publicación
2016
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0198784791
ISBN 13
9780198784791
Serie
Libro 6 de 19: Oxford Landmark Science

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