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Author Luisi, P. L., author.

Title Essays on life sciences : with related science fiction stories / by Pier Luigi Luisi.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 249 pages.)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary This collection of essays highlights, in a new, critical fashion, some of the classic questions in life science. These include ""what is life?""; ""what is death?""; ""what is consciousness?""; ""why is life cellular?""; and ""why are enzymes macromolecules?"". It also explores whether evolution is pre-determined, whether science and spirituality can harmonize with each other, whether artificial intelligence is at odds with the human spirit, and whether, and to what extent, we are genetically determined. In this text, some of the main conceptual tools used to tackle life's many aspects are nec.
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Subject Life sciences -- Philosophy.
Life sciences -- Philosophy.
Artificial intelligence -- Philosophy.
Artificial intelligence -- Philosophy.
Artificial intelligence -- Fiction.
Artificial intelligence.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Subject Science fiction, English.
Science fiction, English.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Other Form: Original 9781527541672 1527541673 (OCoLC)1126000541
ISBN 9781527544796 (electronic book)
1527544796 (electronic book)
9781527541672
1527541673