Life beyond molecules and genes : how our adaptations make us alive / / Stephen Rothman.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 222 p. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Rothman, Stephen. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Life beyond molecules and genes |h [electronic resource] : |b how our adaptations make us alive / |c Stephen Rothman. |
| 260 | |a West Conshohocken, Pa. : |b Templeton Press, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a xvi, 222 p. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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? | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Adaptation (Biology) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Life. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Evolution (Biology) | |
| 655 | 4 | |a Electronic books. | |
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