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Pismen, Len |
Morphogenesis Deconstructed |
I08906 |
2020 |
eBook |
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Ashkenazi, Michael |
What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence |
I08834 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Maccone, Claudio |
Evo-SETI |
I08629 |
2020 |
eBook |
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| 14 |
Hoyle, B |
Astronomical Origins of Life |
I11444 |
2000 |
eBook |
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| 15 |
K??hn, Reimer |
Adaptivity and Learning |
I11247 |
2003 |
eBook |
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| 16 |
Horneck, Gerda |
Astrobiology |
I11151 |
2002 |
eBook |
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L??ssig, M |
Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics |
I11132 |
2002 |
eBook |
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Chela-Flores, Julian |
First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe |
I10755 |
2001 |
eBook |
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Meyer-Ortmanns, Hildegard |
Principles of Evolution |
I08468 |
2011 |
eBook |
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Binder, P.-M |
The Language Phenomenon |
I08332 |
2013 |
eBook |
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| Title | Morphogenesis Deconstructed : An Integrated View of the Generation of Forms |
| Author(s) | Pismen, Len |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | VIII, 146 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is about morphogenesis as the genesis of forms. It is not restricted to plants growing from seed or animals developing from an embryo (although these do supply the most abundant examples) but also addresses kindred processes, from inorganic to social to biomorphic technology. It is about our morphogenetic universe: unplanned, unfair and frustratingly complicated but benevolent in allowing us to emerge, survive, and inquire into its laws |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030368142 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
2. Applied sociology
3. COMPLEXITY
4. COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY
5. Developmental biology
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Evolutionary Biology
9. Plant anatomy
10. Plant Anatomy/Development
11. Plant development
12. Social/Human Development Studies
13. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence : Foundations of Xenology |
| Author(s) | Ashkenazi, Michael |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XVIII, 430 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book also examines the biological problems of communicating between species, the problems of identifying a non-Terrestrial intelligence, and the ethical, religious, legal and other problems of conducting discussions across light years. Most of the book is concerned with issues that could impinge on your life: how do we share experiences with ETI? Can we make shared laws? Could we trade? Would they have religion? The book addresses these and related issues, identifying potential barriers to communication and suggesting ways we can overcome them. The book explores this topic through reference to human experience, through analogy and thought experiment, while relying on what is known to-date about ourselves, our world, and the cosmos we live in |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319444567 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ANTHROPOLOGY
2. ASTROBIOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. SPACE SCIENCES
7. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Evo-SETI : Life Evolution Statistics on Earth and Exoplanets |
| Author(s) | Maccone, Claudio |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | LVII, 837 p. 278 illus., 244 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book offers a vision of how evolutionary life processes can be modelled. It presents a mathematical description that can be used not only for the full evolution of life on Earth from RNA to modern human societies, but also the possible evolution of life on exoplanets, thus leading to SETI, the current Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence. The main premise underlying this mathematical theory is that the Geometric Brownian Motion (GBM) can be applied as a key stochastic process to model the evolution of life. In the resulting Evo-SETI Theory, the life of any living thing (a cell, an animal, a human, a civilization of humans, or even an ET civilization) is represented by a b-lognormal, i.e., a lognormal probability density function starting at a precise instant (b, birth) then increasing up to a peak time, then decreasing to senility time and then continuing as a straight line down to the time of death. Using this theory, Claudio Maccone arrives at remarkable hypotheses on the development of life and civilizations, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, and when computers will take over the reins from us humans (Singularity). The book develops the mathematical Evo-SETI Theory by integrating a set of articles that the author has published in various journals on Astrobiology and Astronautical Research |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030519315 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTROBIOLOGY
4. ASTRONAUTICS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Evolutionary Biology
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| Title | Astronomical Origins of Life : Steps Towards Panspermia |
| Author(s) | Hoyle, B;Wickramasinghe, N.C |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2000. |
| Description | VIII, 381 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Living material contains about twenty different sorts of atom combined into a set of relatively simple molecules. Astrobiologists tend to believe that abiotic mater?? ial will give rise to life in any place where these molecules exist in appreciable abundances and where physical conditions approximate to those occurring here on Earth. We think this popular view is wrong, for it is not the existence of the building blocks of life that is crucial but the exceedingly complicated structures in which they are arranged in living forms. The probability of arriving at biologically significant arrangements is so very small that only by calling on the resources of the whole universe does there seem to be any possibility of life originating, a conclusion that requires life on the Earth to be a minute component of a universal system. Some think that the hugely improbable transition from non-living to living mat?? ter can be achieved by dividing the transition into many small steps, calling on a so-called 'evolutionary' process to bridge the small steps one by one. This claim turns on semantic arguments which seek to replace the probability for the whole chain by the sum of the individual probabilities of the many steps, instead of by their product. This is an error well known to those bookies who are accustomed to taking bets on the stacking of horse races. But we did not begin our investigation from this point of view |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401142977 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. Microbial ecology
7. Observations, Astronomical
8. PALEONTOLOGY
9. Paleontology??
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| Title | Adaptivity and Learning : An Interdisciplinary Debate |
| Author(s) | K??hn, Reimer;Menzel, Randolf;Menzel, Wolfram;Ratsch, Ulrich;Richter, Michael M;Stamatescu, Ion-Olimpiu |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003. |
| Description | XII, 403 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Adaptivity and learning have in recent decades become a common concern of scientific disciplines. These issues have arisen in mathematics, physics, biology, informatics, economics, and other fields more or less simultaneously. The aim of this publication is the interdisciplinary discourse on the phenomenon of learning and adaptivity. Different perspectives are presented and compared to find fruitful concepts for the disciplines involved. The authors select problems showing representative traits concerning the frame up, the methods and the achievements rather than to present extended overviews. To foster interdisciplinary dialogue, this book presents diverse perspectives from various scientific fields, including: - The biological perspective: e.g., physiology, behaviour; - The mathematical perspective: e.g., algorithmic and stochastic learning; - The physics perspective: e.g., learning for artificial neural networks; - The "learning by experience" perspective: reinforcement learning, social learning, artificial life; - The cognitive perspective: e.g., deductive/inductive procedures, learning and language learning as a high level cognitive process; - The application perspective: e.g., robotics, control, knowledge engineering |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662055946 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. Control engineering
4. Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Evolutionary Biology
9. Mechatronics
10. PHILOSOPHY
11. Philosophy, general
12. PHYSICS
13. Physics, general
14. ROBOTICS
15. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Astrobiology : The Quest for the Conditions of Life |
| Author(s) | Horneck, Gerda;Baumstark-Khan, Christa |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. |
| Description | XV, 411 p. 39 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | How did life originate in the universe? How did it all start after the creation of matter and the formation of elements in the stars? What are the pathways from the first organic molecules in space to the evolution of complex life forms on Earth and perhaps elsewhere? And how will it all end? The Universe itself sets the stage for the very interdisciplinary field of astrobiology that attempts to answer such questions, the central one being: What is the (cosmic) recipe for life? Currently there are only very few known elements in this vast mosaic. This book bridges a gap in the literature by bringing together leading specialists from different backgrounds who lecture on their fields, with close relevance to astrobiology, providing tutorial accounts that lead all the way to the forefront of research. The book will thus be useful for students, lecturers and reseachers alike |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642593819 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. Biogeosciences
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Ecosystems
6. Evolutionary Biology
7. Geobiology
8. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
9. SPACE SCIENCES
10. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Biological Evolution and Statistical Physics |
| Author(s) | L??ssig, M;Valleriani, A |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. |
| Description | XII, 342 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This set of lecture notes gives a first coherent account of a novel aspect of the living world that can be called biological information. The book presents both a pedagogical and state-of-the art roadmap of this rapidly evolving area and covers the whole field, from information which is encoded in the molecular genetic code to the description of large-scale evolution of complex species networks. The book will prove useful for all those who work at the interface of biology, physics and information science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540456926 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOINFORMATICS
2. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
3. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
4. BIOMATHEMATICS
5. BIOPHYSICS
6. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
7. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
8. EBOOK
9. EBOOK - SPRINGER
10. Evolutionary Biology
11. Mathematical and Computational Biology
12. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
13. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe : Proceedings of the Sixth Trieste Conference on Chemical Evolution Trieste, Italy 18???22 September, 2000 |
| Author(s) | Chela-Flores, Julian;Owen, Tobias;Raulin, Fran??ois |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2001. |
| Description | XX, 428 p : online resource |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401010177 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. ASTROPHYSICS
6. BIOCHEMISTRY
7. Biochemistry, general
8. EARTH SCIENCES
9. Earth Sciences, general
10. EBOOK
11. EBOOK - SPRINGER
12. Evolutionary Biology
13. Observations, Astronomical
14. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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| Title | Principles of Evolution : From the Planck Epoch to Complex Multicellular Life |
| Author(s) | Meyer-Ortmanns, Hildegard;Thurner, Stefan |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. |
| Description | XII, 388 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | With contributions from a team of leading experts, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of recent achievements in our scientific understanding of evolution. The questions it asks concern the beginnings of the universe, the origin of life and the chances of its arising at all, the role of contingency, and the search for universal features in the plethora of evolutionary phenomena. Rather than oversimplified or premature answers, the chapters provide a clear picture of how these essential problems are being tackled, enabling the reader to understand current thinking and open questions.?? The tools employed stem from a range of disciplines including mathematics, physics, biochemistry and cell biology. Self-organization as an overarching concept is demonstrated in the most diverse areas: from galaxy formation in the universe to spindle and aster formation in the cell. Chemical master equations, population dynamics, and evolutionary game theory are presented as suitable frameworks for understanding the universal mechanisms and organizational principles observed in a wide range of living units, ranging from cells to societies. This book will provide engaging reading and food for thought for all those seeking a deeper understanding of the science of evolution |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642181375 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Bioinformatics??
2. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
3. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
4. BIOPHYSICS
5. Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
6. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
7. Computational biology??
8. Computer Appl. in Life Sciences
9. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
10. EBOOK
11. EBOOK - SPRINGER
12. Evolutionary Biology
13. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
14. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
15. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
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| Title | The Language Phenomenon : Human Communication from Milliseconds to Millennia |
| Author(s) | Binder, P.-M;Smith, K |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. |
| Description | VIII, 251 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume contains a contemporary, integrated description of the processes of language. These range from fast scales (fractions of a second) to slow ones (over a million years). The contributors, all experts in their fields, address language in the brain, production of sentences and dialogues, language learning, transmission and evolutionary processes that happen over centuries or millenia, the relation between language and genes, the origins of language, self-organization, and language competition and death. The book as a whole will help to show how processes at different scales affect each other, thus presenting language as a dynamic, complex and profoundly human phenomenon |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642360862 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2. Cognitive psychology
3. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Evolutionary Biology
8. Information and Communication, Circuits
9. INFORMATION THEORY
10. LINGUISTICS
11. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
12. Theoretical Linguistics
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