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245 14 a| The singularity of natureh| [electronic resource] :b| a convergence of biology, chemistry and physics /c| by John S. Torday, UCLA Evolutionary Medicine, USA, and William B. Miller, Jr., Banner Health Systems, USA.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The singularity of nature -- Bohm meets Bacon -- The cell, evolution and Occam's Razor -- C. P. Snow's "two cultures" condition is resolved by the singularity -- The heart is not just a pump; the brain is not your only "mind" -- Why you must transcend space-time in order to understand consciousness -- The evolutionary significance of homeostasis -- Networking from the cell to quantum mechanics as consciousness -- On cellular cooperativity as the basis for moral behavior -- Aging, senescence and death as a systematic breakdown in cell-cell communication -- A holistic perspective on consciousness -- Cell division seen as the symmetry breaking of the singularity/Big Bang -- Minding the gap, or the unicell fills the gap between proximate and ultimate causation -- The Big Bang : the vectoral origin of the periodic table and evolution -- The physiological and evolutionary significance of deuterostomy -- We are all denizens of Gaia -- Cell-cell signaling, the energy flow from the Big Bang to civilization -- The physics of biology conforms to the singularity -- Foundational physicochemical principles drive human economics -- Singularity, life and mind : new wave organicism -- Conclusion : the singularity unites the cosmos.;

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The singularity of nature a convergence of biology, chemistry and physics / by John S. Torday, UCLA Evolutionary Medicine, USA, and William B. Miller, Jr., Banner Health Systems, USA.

Author/creator	Torday, John S.
Other author	Miller, William B., Jr., 1951-
Other author	Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2021]
Description	xiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Life--Origin. Molecular biology. Biophysics. Origin of Life Molecular Biology Biophysics Vie--Origines. Biologie moléculaire. Biophysique.

Contents	The singularity of nature -- Bohm meets Bacon -- The cell, evolution and Occam's Razor -- C. P. Snow's "two cultures" condition is resolved by the singularity -- The heart is not just a pump; the brain is not your only "mind" -- Why you must transcend space-time in order to understand consciousness -- The evolutionary significance of homeostasis -- Networking from the cell to quantum mechanics as consciousness -- On cellular cooperativity as the basis for moral behavior -- Aging, senescence and death as a systematic breakdown in cell-cell communication -- A holistic perspective on consciousness -- Cell division seen as the symmetry breaking of the singularity/Big Bang -- Minding the gap, or the unicell fills the gap between proximate and ultimate causation -- The Big Bang : the vectoral origin of the periodic table and evolution -- The physiological and evolutionary significance of deuterostomy -- We are all denizens of Gaia -- Cell-cell signaling, the energy flow from the Big Bang to civilization -- The physics of biology conforms to the singularity -- Foundational physicochemical principles drive human economics -- Singularity, life and mind : new wave organicism -- Conclusion : the singularity unites the cosmos.
Abstract	"Understanding how simple molecules have given rise to the complex biochemical systems and processes of contemporary biology is widely regarded as one of chemistrys great unsolved questions. There are numerous theories as to the origins of life, the majority of which draw on the idea that DNA and nucleic acids are the central dogma of biology. The Singularity of Nature: A Convergence of Biology, Chemistry and Physics takes a systems-based approach to the origin and evolution of complex life. Readers will gain a novel understanding of physiologic evolution and the limits to our current understanding: why biology remains descriptive and non-predictive, as well as offering new opportunities for understanding relationships between physics and biology in the origins of biological life at the cellular-molecular level." --From publisher's description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781839162244
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2022438091
ISBN	9781788017978 hardback
ISBN	1788017978 hardback
ISBN	PDF ebook
ISBN	ebook

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