What is life? : the next fifty years : speculations on the future of biology / edited by Michael P. Murphy, Luke A.J. O'Neill.
| Other author | Murphy, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1963- |
| Other author | O'Neill, Luke A. J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995. |
| Description | xi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | What is life? The next fifty years. An introduction / Michael P. Murphy and Luke A.J. O'Neill -- What will endure of 20th century biology? / Manfred Eigen -- "What is life?" as a problem in history / Stephen Jay Gould -- The evolution of human inventiveness / Jared Diamond -- Development: is the egg computable or could we generate an angel or a dinosaur? / Lewis Wolpert -- Language and life / John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry -- RNA without protein or protein without RNA? / Christian de Duve -- "What is life?": was Schrödinger right? / Stuart A. Kauffman -- Why new physics is needed to understand the mind / Roger Penrose -- Do the laws of nature evolve? / Walter Thirring -- New laws to be expected in the organism: synergetics of brain and behaviour / J.A. Scott Kelso and Hermann Haken -- Order from disorder: the thermodynamics of complexity in biology / Eric D. Schneider and James J. Kay -- Reminiscences / Ruth Braunizer. |
| General note | Contains most of the contributions presented at a conference held at Trinity College, Dublin, from Sept. 20-22, 1993. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 94049438 |
| ISBN | 052145509X (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QH331 .W465 1995 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |