02584nam 22005533u 450 991045661020332120210106230124.00-19-972894-11-280-75994-19786610759941(CKB)2430000000004762(EBL)271715(OCoLC)870243368(SSID)ssj0000300459(PQKBManifestationID)12095768(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300459(PQKBWorkID)10251687(PQKB)11295672(MiAaPQ)EBC271715(EXLCZ)99243000000000476220151123d2003|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrInvestigations[electronic resource]Oxford University Press20031 online resource (548 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512105-8 Contents; Preface; 1 Prolegomenon to a General Biology; 2 The Origins of Life; 3 Autonomous Agents; 4 Propagating Organization; 5 A Physics of Semantics?; 6 Emergence and Story: Beyond Newton, Einstein, and Bohr?; 7 The Nonergodic Universe: The Possibility of New Laws; 8 Candidate Laws for the Coconstruction of a Biosphere; 9 The Persistently Innovative Econosphere; 10 A Coconstructing Cosmos?; Epilogue; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZIn the tradition of Schrodinger's classic What Is Life?, this book is a tour-de-force investigation of the basis of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests-the approaches of Newton, Boltzman, Bohr, and Einstein. Kauffman's At Home in the Universe, which The New York Times Book Review called ""passionately written"" and nature named ""courageous,"" introduced pivotal ideas about order and evolution in complex life systems. In investigations, Kauffman builds on these theories and finds that classical sciencedoes not take Biology - GeneralHILCCBiologyHILCCHealth & Biological SciencesHILCCElectronic books.Biology - GeneralBiologyHealth & Biological Sciences500Kauffman Stuart A61682AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910456610203321Investigations28836UNINA