Title Investigations / by Stuart A. Kauffman.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	576.8 K21I	Check Shelf

Description	xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-272).
Contents	Preface -- Prolegomenon to a general biology -- Origins of life -- Autonomous agents -- Propagating organization -- Physics of semantics? -- Emergence and story : beyond Newton, Einstein, and Bohr? -- Nonergodic universe : the possibility of new laws -- Candidate laws for the coconstruction of a biosphere -- Persistently innovative econosphere -- Coconstructing cosmos? -- Epilogue.
Summary	"A tour-de-force exploration of the very essence of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests; the approches of Newton, Boltzman, Boht and Einstein."--Cover.
Subject	Life -- Origin -- Philosophy.
	Self-organizing systems -- Philosophy.
	Molecular evolution -- Philosophy.
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
	Evolution, Molecular.
	Philosophy.
	Biological Evolution.
	Life -- Origin.
	Self-organizing systems.
	Molecular evolution.
	Evolution (Biology)
	Sélection naturelle.
	Philosophie.
	Innovations industrielles.
	Sciences de la vie.
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00917312
	Life -- Origin -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00998172
	Molecular evolution -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01024794
	Self-organizing systems -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01111796
	Leven.
	Kosmologie.
	Dynamische systemen.
	Ecologische aspecten.
	Filosofische aspecten.
	Natuurwetten.
	Internet (impactos sociais)
	Evolução molecular (filosofia)
	Leben.
ISBN	019512104X (alk. paper)
	9780195121049 (alk. paper)

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