Investigations.
Offers an investigation of the basis of life itself. By defining and explaining autonomous agents and work in the contexts of thermodynamics and of information theory, this work explores the requirements for the emergence of a general biology that transcends terrestrial biology to seek laws governin...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Summary: | Offers an investigation of the basis of life itself. By defining and explaining autonomous agents and work in the contexts of thermodynamics and of information theory, this work explores the requirements for the emergence of a general biology that transcends terrestrial biology to seek laws governing biospheres anywhere in the cosmos. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 pages) |
ISBN: | 0199728941 1280759941 9781280759949 9780199728947 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |