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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Main Author: Kauffman, Stuart A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages)
ISBN:0199728941
1280759941
9781280759949
9780199728947
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.