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Zhegunov, Gennadiy |
The Dual Nature of Life |
I08330 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Frey, Ulrich J |
Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions |
I08314 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Shaver, Peter |
Cosmic Heritage |
I08254 |
2011 |
eBook |
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Bazzani, Armando |
Metodi matematici per la teoria dell???evoluzione |
I08155 |
2011 |
eBook |
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Boyd, Richard |
Stardust, Supernovae and the Molecules of Life |
I07942 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Gargaud, Muriel |
Young Sun, Early Earth and the Origins of Life |
I07800 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Roederer, Juan G |
Information and Its Role in Nature |
I07073 |
2005 |
eBook |
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Bignami, Giovanni F |
The Mystery of the Seven Spheres |
I06254 |
2015 |
eBook |
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| 29 |
Ross, Monte |
The Search for Extraterrestrials |
I06079 |
2009 |
eBook |
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Skjeltorp, Arne T |
Evolution from Cellular to Social Scales |
I05903 |
2008 |
eBook |
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| Title | The Dual Nature of Life : Interplay of the Individual and the Genome |
| Author(s) | Zhegunov, Gennadiy |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
| Description | XII, 300 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Life is a diverse and ubiquitous phenomenon on Earth, characterized by fundamental features distinguishing living bodies from nonliving material. Yet it is also so complex that it has long defied precise definition. This book from a seasoned biologist offers new insights into the nature of life by illuminating a fascinating architecture of dualities inherent in its existence and propagation. Life is connected with individual living beings, yet it is also a collective and inherently global phenomenon of the material world. It embodies a dual existence of cycles of phenotypic life, and their unseen driver ??? an uninterrupted march of genetic information whose collective immortality is guaranteed by individual mortality. Although evolution propagates and tunes species of organisms, the beings produced can be regarded merely as tools for the survival and cloning of genomes written in an unchanging code. What are the physical versus informational bases and driving forces of life, and how do they unite as an integrated system? What does time mean for individuals, life on the global scale, and the underlying information? This accessible examination of principles and evidence shows that a network of dualities lies at the heart of biological puzzles that have engaged the human mind for millennia |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642303944 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. CELL BIOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Evolutionary Biology
5. Popular Science, general
6. Popular works
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| Title | Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions |
| Author(s) | Frey, Ulrich J;St??rmer, Charlotte;Willf??hr, Kai P |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. |
| Description | XIV, 291 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. As cherished concepts such as free will, na??ve realism, humans as creation's crowning glory fall and our moral roots in ape group dynamics become clearer, we have to take leave of many concepts that have been central to defining our humanness. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions. Leading authors from many different fields explore these issues by addressing these illusions and providing evidence for the need to switch to this new idea of man, in spite of understandable reluctance to let go of our most beloved illusions |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642121425 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ANTHROPOLOGY
2. Cognitive psychology
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
6. Evolutionary Biology
7. Popular Science in Psychology
8. PSYCHOLOGY
9. Sociology
10. Sociology, general
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| Title | Cosmic Heritage : Evolution from the Big Bang to Conscious Life |
| Author(s) | Shaver, Peter |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, 1. Imprint: Copernicus
2. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. |
| Description | VII, 268 p. 7 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book follows the evolutionary trail all the way from the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago to conscious life today. It is an accessible introductory book written for the interested layperson ??? anyone interested in the ???big picture??? coming from modern science. It covers a wide range of topics including the origin and evolution of our universe, the nature and origin of life, the evolution of life including questions of birth and death, the evolution of cognition, the nature of consciousness, the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the future of the universe. The book is written in a narrative style, as these topics are all parts of a single story. It concludes with a discussion on the nature and future of science. ?????Peter Shaver has written engagingly for anyone curious about the world we inhabit.?? If you'd like to know how the Universe began, where the chemical elements originated, how life may have started on Earth, how man, ants and bacteria are related to each other, or why we humans think, you will enjoy this panoramic book and its clear presentation??? ??? Martin Harwit, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Cornell University, NY, and former Director of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington.?????? "Who is not interested in the big questions "How did it all start? Where do we come from? Where do we go? Are we alone?" This book addresses theses questions in an entertaining way based on our knowledge of modern science. It opens our horizons towards understanding the history of the universe and the origin and evolution of life in the context of cosmic evolution." Dr. Gerda Horneck, DLR German Aerospace Center, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne, Germany.???? "A very elegant, open-minded book that opens the door for informed discussion of the continuity of evolutionary processes from the big bang to the emergence of the mind...?? stimulating and highly engaging reading" ??? Ryszard Maleszka, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Australian National University, Canberra.?? "Peter Shaver has produced a remarkable book. He covers an immense range, offering a splendid overview of the intricate processes that connect us to the universe, and which allowed complex life to emerge from simple beginnings" ??? Martin Rees, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and Astronomer Royal. ???Where did the universe come from? What is life and how did it begin? How did complex life-forms evolve? How did consciousness arise? Are we alone in the universe? Questions don't get any bigger than these. In this beautifully concise account, astrophysicist Peter Shaver asks these questions and more and assesses how far modern science has come to providing answers. Anyone who has ever wondered who we are and where we came from should read this book??? ??? Stephen??Simpson, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney.?? ???This is a well written, marvellous book for a very broad audience which covers much of current scientific thought in a concise way.?? The author successfully shows how many of the great philosophical issues that have fascinated humanity for centuries from the origin of the world, the evolution of life to the nature of consciousness are gradually being shifted from the domain of philosophy or speculation to that of rigorous science.??? ??? Lodewijk Woltjer, former Director General of the European Southern Observatory and former President of the International Astronomical Union.?? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642202612 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
4. ASTROPHYSICS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Evolutionary Biology
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
9. Popular Science, general
10. Popular works
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| Title | Metodi matematici per la teoria dell???evoluzione |
| Author(s) | Bazzani, Armando;Buiatti, Marcello;Freguglia, Paolo |
| Publication | Milano, Springer Milan, 2011. |
| Description | IX, 191 pagg : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Esistono ormai da tempo molti articoli, in particolar modo su riviste di biomatematica, di (bio)fisica e di biologia, che presentano proposte e risultati di modellistica matematica relativi direttamente ed indirettamente alla teoria dell???evoluzione. Sicuramente questi studi sono da considerarsi cruciali per l???istituzione della biologia teorica. I temi da prendere in esame sono dapprima le convinzioni che i biologi hanno in merito. Quindi un???analisi dei precedenti tentativi di formulare una teoria matematica dell???evoluzione, nonch?? i relativi sviluppi e insuccessi a cui abbiamo assistito nell???ambito della "teoria della complessit??". La nostra proposta consiste dunque nel realizzare una teoria matematicamente formulata e biologicamente ben fondata dell???evoluzione con specifico e giustificato riferimento a quella fenotipica. Quindi su questa base costruiamo sia di un modello geometrico sia un modello dinamico stocastico. In questo modo, pur tenendo presente l???intrinseca insufficienza dell???approccio riduzionista in biologia, si tenta di dare alcune risposte che hanno una corrispondenza biologica significativa |
| ISBN,Price | 9788847008588 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
2. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
3. BIOMATHEMATICS
4. BIOPHYSICS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Evolutionary Biology
8. Mathematical and Computational Biology
9. PROBABILITIES
10. Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
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| Title | Stardust, Supernovae and the Molecules of Life : Might We All Be Aliens? |
| Author(s) | Boyd, Richard |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XI, 215 p. 39 illus., 26 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Where were the amino acids, the molecules of life, created: perhaps in a lightning storm in the early Earth, or perhaps elsewhere in the cosmos? This book argues that at least some of them must have been produced in the cosmos, and that the fact that the Earthly amino acids have a specific handedness provides an important clue for that explanation. The book discusses several models that purport to explain the handedness, ultimately proposing a new explanation that involves cosmic processing of the amino acids produced in space. The book provides a tour for laypersons that includes a definition of life, the Big Bang, stellar nucleosynthesis, the electromagnetic spectrum, molecules, and supernovae and the particles they produce |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461413325 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Young Sun, Early Earth and the Origins of Life : Lessons for Astrobiology |
| Author(s) | Gargaud, Muriel;Martin, Herv??;L??pez-Garc??a, Purificaci??n;Montmerle, Thierry;Pascal, Robert |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
| Description | XII, 301 p. 303 illus., 250 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | How did the Sun come into existence? - How was the Earth formed? - How long has Earth been the way it is now, with its combination of oceans and continents? - How do you define ???life???? - How did the first life forms emerge? - What conditions made it possible for living things to evolve? All these questions are answered in this colourful textbook addressing undergraduate students in "Origins of Life" courses and the scientifically interested public. The authors take the reader on an amazing voyage through time, beginning five thousand million years ago in a cloud of interstellar dust and ending five hundred million years ago, when the living world that we see today was finally formed. A chapter on exoplanets provides an overview of the search for planets outside the solar system, especially for habitable ones. The appendix closes the book with a glossary, a bibliography of further readings and a summary of the Origins of the Earth and life in??fourteen boxes |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642225529 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. Biogeosciences
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. Geobiology
7. PLANETOLOGY
8. SPACE SCIENCES
9. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Information and Its Role in Nature |
| Author(s) | Roederer, Juan G |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005. |
| Description | XII, 235 p. 35 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Infromation and Its Role in Nature presents an in-depth interdisciplinary discussion of the concept of information and its role in the control of natural processes. After a brief review of classical and quantum information theory, the author addresses numerous central questions, including: Is information reducible to the laws of physics and chemistry? Does the Universe, in its evolution, constantly generate new information? Or are information and information-processing exclusive attributes of living systems, related to the very definition of life? If so, what is the role of information in classical and quantum physics? In what ways does information-processing in the human brain bring about self-consciousness? Accessible to graduate students and professionals from all scientific disciplines, this stimulating book will help to shed light on many controversial issues at the heart of modern science |
| ISBN,Price | 9783540276982 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Coding and Information Theory
2. CODING THEORY
3. COMPUTER SCIENCE
4. Computer Science, general
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Evolutionary Biology
8. INFORMATION THEORY
9. LIFE SCIENCES
10. Life Sciences, general
11. PHYSICS
12. Physics, general
13. Popular Science, general
14. Popular works
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| Title | The Mystery of the Seven Spheres : How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space |
| Author(s) | Bignami, Giovanni F |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | V, 118 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this book, Giovanni Bignami, the outstanding Italian scientist and astronomer, takes the reader on a journey through the ???seven spheres???, from our own planet to neighboring stars. The author offers a gripping account of the evolution of Homo Sapiens to the stage where our species is developing capabilities, in the form of new energy propulsion systems, that will enable us to conquer space. The reader will learn how we first expanded our activities to reach beyond our planet, to the Moon, and how nuclear energy, nuclear fusion, and matter???antimatter annihilation will enable us to extend our exploration. After Mars and Jupiter we shall finally reach the nearest stars, which we now know are surrounded by numerous planets, some of which are bound to be habitable. The book includes enticing descriptions of such newly discovered planets and also brings alive key historical characters in our story, such as Jules Verne and Werner von Braun |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319170046 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. Popular Science in Astronomy
9. SPACE SCIENCES
10. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The Search for Extraterrestrials : Intercepting Alien Signals |
| Author(s) | Ross, Monte |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Springer New York, 2009. |
| Description | XIV, 176 p. 54 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In The Search for Extraterrestrials, Monte Ross explores in detail the key problems in starting a search, the programs that have failed and those that continue. He includes the fundamental considerations and the physics of the necessary laser, UV, IR and RF technologies, as well as coding and information theory considerations. The author explores future possibilities providing the reader with a comprehensive view of the many ways signals from aliens could be sent and explains why the search using RF leaves more than 99% of the electromagnetic spectrum unexamined. He also demonstrates the many parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, considering the next likely steps in this unique enterprise. Given man???s intrinsic nature to explore, the search will continue in one form or many, until success is achieved, which may be tomorrow or a millennium away. In summary, Monte Ross proposes to get around the failure of a fruitless search at radio frequencies by developing, in a precise way, the argument for searching for transmissions in the optical region of the electromagnetic spectrum |
| ISBN,Price | 9780387740706 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Evolutionary Biology
5. Popular Science in Astronomy
6. SPACE SCIENCES
7. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Evolution from Cellular to Social Scales |
| Author(s) | Skjeltorp, Arne T;Belushkin, Alexander V |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2008. |
| Description | XIV, 186 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Evolution is a critical challenge for many areas of science, technology and development of society. The book reviews general evolutionary facts such as origin of life and evolution of the genome and clues to evolution through simple systems. Emerging areas of science such as "systems biology" and "bio-complexity" are founded on the idea that phenomena need to be understood in the context of highly interactive processes operating at different levels and on different scales. This is where physics meets complexity in nature, and where we must begin to learn about complexity if we are to understand it. Similarly, there is an increasingly urgent need to understand and predict the evolutionary behavior of highly interacting man-made systems, in areas such as communications and transport, which permeate the modern world. The same applies to the evolution of human networks such as social, political and financial systems, where technology has tended to vastly increase both the complexity and speed of interaction, which is sometimes effectively instantaneous. The book contains reviews on such diverse areas as evolution experiments with microorganisms, the origin and evolution of viruses, evolutionary dynamics of genes and environment in cancer development, aging as an evolution-facilitating program, evolution of vision and evolution of financial markets |
| ISBN,Price | 9781402087615 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
2. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
3. BIOPHYSICS
4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
6. Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
7. DYNAMICS
8. EBOOK
9. EBOOK - SPRINGER
10. ECONOMIC POLICY
11. ECONOMICS
12. ERGODIC THEORY
13. Evolutionary Biology
14. Political Economy/Economic Systems
15. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
16. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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