02536nam 2200577Ia 450 991078579730332120230801224152.01-283-59747-097866139099230-19-165088-90-19-165089-7(CKB)2670000000238539(EBL)991965(OCoLC)809693757(SSID)ssj0000739812(PQKBManifestationID)12306823(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739812(PQKBWorkID)10706643(PQKB)10982692(MiAaPQ)EBC991965(Au-PeEL)EBL991965(CaPaEBR)ebr10598764(CaONFJC)MIL390992(EXLCZ)99267000000023853920120514d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhat is life?[electronic resource] how chemistry becomes biology /by Addy ProssOxford Oxford University Press20121 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-878479-1 0-19-964101-3 Cover; Contents; Prologue; 1. Living Things are so Very Strange; 2. The Quest for a Theory of Life; 3. Understanding 'Understanding'; 4. Stability and Instability; 5. The Knotty Origin of Life Problem; 6. Biology's Crisis of Identity; 7. Biology is Chemistry; 8. What is Life?; References and Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; YSeventy years ago, Erwin Schrödinger posed a simple, yet profound, question: 'What is life?'. How could the very existence of such extraordinary chemical systems be understood? This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists both before, and 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? Did life begin with replicating molecules, and, if so, what could have led the first replicating molecules up such a path? Now, deveLife (Biology)BiologyLife (Biology)Biology.570.1Pross Addy1945-1506626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785797303321What is life3736932UNINA