Quest for a Universal Theory of Life

Quest for a Universal Theory of Life

Searching for Life As We Don't Know It

Cleland, Carol E.

Cambridge University Press

09/2019

258

Dura

Inglês

9780521873246

15 a 20 dias

610

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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The enduring legacy of Aristotle: the battle over life as self-organization or (genetic-based) reproduction; 2. Why life cannot be defined; 3. What is a scientific theory; 4. How scientific theories develop; 5. Challenges for a universal theory of life; 6. Rethinking the traditional paradigm for life: lessons from the world of microbes; 7. Artificial life: could ALife solve the N=1 problem?; 8. Searching for extraterrestrial life without a definition or universal theory of life; 9. A shadow biosphere: alien microbes on Earth?; Conclusion; References; Index.
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