The explosion of life forms : living beings and morphology / / coordinated by Georges Chapouthier, Marie-Christine Maurel

• Pubblicazione: London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 574.5
• Soggetto topico: Ecology; Evolution (Biology); Life - Origin
• Persona (resp. second.): ChapouthierGeorges; MaurelMarie-Christine
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Possible Traces and Clues of Early Life Forms -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Have "things" always been as they are today? -- 1.3. Fossil traces? -- 1.4. Geochemical elements confirming these recent results -- 1.5. Compartmentalization of resources and primary biomass -- 1.6. Rebuilding a living cell: a wide range of possibilities explored, from the mineral to the organic -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 1.8. Acknowledgements -- 1.9. References -- 2 The Nature of Life -- 2.1. Observations and assumptions -- 2.2. Descriptions and definitions -- 2.3. Exploration -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 2.5. References -- 3 From Form to Function -- 3.1. Form: a concept for knowledge -- 3.2. Basic structural elements: from the molecule to the cell -- 3.3. The weight of the physical setting -- 3.4. Mesoderm: base material for architect genes -- 3.5. Appendices and laws of mechanics -- 3.6. "Appendicular" movement on land -- 3.7. The legless -- 3.8. And the head -- 3.9. References -- 4 On Growth and Form: Context and Purpose -- 4.1. D'Arcy Thompson's program -- 4.2. Application of mathematics to morphometry -- 4.3. References -- 5 The Emergence of Form in the History of Epigenetics -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. From epigenesis to epigenetics -- 5.3. The evolution of the epigenetic landscape -- 5.4. Modernizing the epigenetic landscape -- 5.5. From epigenetic landscape to chromosome conformation -- 5.6. Conclusion: from form to function -- 5.7. Acknowledgments -- 5.8. References -- 6 The Many Shapes of Microbial Detection of Kin and Kind -- 6.1. From Darwin's social-insects-puzzle to microbes -- 6.2. Handshakes of kinship or "kindship" in bacteria -- 6.3. The ameba world of clone discrimination/recognition -- 6.4. Social microbes and multicellularity -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. References. ; 7 Development and Evolution of Plant Forms -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Diversity of plant forms and associated functions -- 7.2.1. Anthropocentric view of plant forms -- 7.2.2. Plant forms perceived by pollinators -- 7.3. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.3.1. Pattern formation during ontogenesis -- 7.3.2. Physical-mathematical considerations on plant morphogenesis -- 7.3.3. Implementation of forms during phylogenesis -- 7.4. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.4.1. Usefulness for human societies -- 7.4.2. Usefulness for botanical classifiers -- 7.5. Conclusion -- 7.6. Acknowledgments -- 7.7. References -- 8 Forms of Memory -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The polymorphism of memory -- 8.3. Non-associative memories -- 8.3.1. Habituation and sensitization -- 8.3.2. Priming -- 8.3.3. Perceptual learning -- 8.4. Classical conditioning -- 8.4.1. Operational definition, rules and varieties of classical conditioning -- 8.4.2. Contemporary theory of classical conditioning -- 8.4.3. The importance of classical conditioning -- 8.5. Instrumental conditioning -- 8.5.1. Law of effect, stimulus-response (S-R) theory and "habits" -- 8.5.2. From S-R theory to cognitive theories -- 8.5.3. The two facets of instrumental conditioning -- 8.6. Procedural memory as a "memory system" -- 8.6.1. Habits: double functional dissociations in mammals -- 8.6.2. Human procedural memory and its cerebral supports -- 8.7. Declarative memory -- 8.7.1. Episodic and semantic memory: definitions, properties and relationships -- 8.7.2. Episodic memory in animals? -- 8.8. Short-term memory and working memory -- 8.8.1. General characteristics -- 8.8.2. Models -- 8.8.3. Short-term memory in animals -- 8.8.4. Cerebral substrates -- 8.9. Conclusion: organization and reconfiguration of the different forms of memory -- 8.10. References -- 9 The Construction of Sensory Universes. ; 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Chemoreception -- 9.2.1. Taste -- 9.2.2. Smell -- 9.3. Mechanoreception -- 9.3.1. Touch -- 9.3.2. Lateral lines -- 9.3.3. Hearing -- 9.4. Electromagnetoreception -- 9.4.1. Vision -- 9.4.2. Electroreception -- 9.4.3. Magnetoreception -- 9.4.4. Thermoreception -- 9.5. Information filtering -- 9.6. Conclusion -- 9.7. References -- 10 Emotional and Social Forms of Robots -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Communication with social and emotional robots -- 10.3. Human empathy for machines -- 10.4. Machine emotions -- 10.5. Conclusion: risks and benefits -- 10.6. References -- 11 When Medical Technology Mimics Living Forms -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Historical and epistemological perspective -- 11.2.1. A comparative history of medical technology -- 11.2.2. Epistemological perspective -- 11.2.3. A conceptual and theoretical framework: the mathematical theory of integrative physiology (MTIP) by Gilbert Chauvet -- 11.2.4. Forms of thinking or processing by machines -- 11.3. Simulation, biomimetics and bioprinting: a future for medical technology -- 11.4. References -- 12 From Living to Thinking: Mosaic Architecture -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Two main principles -- 12.3. Genes and cells -- 12.4. More complex anatomical mosaics -- 12.5. Epistemological rehabilitation of asexual reproduction -- 12.6. Social mosaics -- 12.7. Encephalic mosaics -- 12.8. Mosaics of thought -- 12.9. Man-made objects -- 12.10. Human and animal cultural traits -- 12.11. A universality of mosaics? -- 12.12. Conclusion: philosophical foundations -- 12.13. References -- 13 Converging Technologies or Paradoxes of Power -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Might, domination, power -- 13.3. Life, technique, power -- 13.4. "Technological arrogance" -- 13.5. Technological convergence and singularity -- 13.6. Innovation, research, invention -- 13.7. Conclusion. ; 13.8. References -- List of Authors -- Index -- EULA.
• Sommario/riassunto: One of the essential characteristics of living beings is the explosion of variety in their forms that is intrinsically linked to the diversity of the environments they have adapted to. This book, the result of collaboration between international specialists, analyzes the multiplicity of these morphologies. It explores the origin of forms, their role in defining living things, and the relationship between form and function. It exposes the role of genes and epigenetics and examines the forms of bacteria, protists and plants. The Explosion of Life Forms also studies the memory of animals and their sensory processes, the forms of robots (built in the image of living things), and medical technologies aimed at restoring damaged living forms. Finally, this work questions a common principle of construction in the diversity of forms, as well as the idea of an abandonment of the form, a possible hidden defect of some modern philosophies.
• Titolo autorizzato: The explosion of life forms
• ISBN: 1-119-81842-7; 1-119-81843-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830790703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II