| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: what is it that makes an object alive? -- Life forces and vital substances: the path from vitalism to materialism -- The material causes of life: the modern perspective -- Coming into being: the origin of aliveness -- A more refined understanding: a modern view of what is necessary for life -- A sufficient property of life: a search for the properties that attest to our being alive -- Dr. Bernard's adaptations: the internal adaptations of life and their critical role in understanding life's nature -- The physical world intrudes: how the physical world shapes our adaptive properties and us -- Adaptations as life: adaptations as the sufficient, lifegiving properties -- Spandrels and other irrelevancies: are there sufficient properties of life that are not adaptations? -- Life as complexity: the nature of biological complexity -- Harmony: the concordance of life and its science -- Conclusion: is there life beyond the genome? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Adaptation (Biology)
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Adaptation (Biology) |
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Life.
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Life. |
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution (Biology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rothman, Stephen. Life beyond molecules and genes. West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Press, ©2009 9781599472508 (DLC) 2009006181 (OCoLC)311262894 |
| ISBN |
9781599473659 (electronic book) |
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1599473658 (electronic book) |
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9781599472508 |
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1599472503 |
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