Life Itself af Robert Rosen (Bog)

Forfatter: Robert Rosen
Sprog: Engelsk
Antal sider: 285
Forlag: Complexity in Ecological Systems
Udgivelsesår: 2005
What is life? For four centuries, it has been believed that the only possible scientific approach to this question proceeds from the Cartesian metaphor -- organism as machine. Therefore, organisms are to be studied and characterized the same way "machines" are; the same way any inorganic system is. Robert Rosen argues that such a view is neither necessary nor sufficient to answer the question. He asserts that life is not a specialization of mechanism, but rather a sweeping generalization of it. Above all, Rosen argues that renouncing mechanism does not mean abandoning science. A radical alternative is proposed, drawn equally from experience in biology, physics, and mathematics; an alternative which draws attention to a new class of complex systems, which are radically different from mechanism.
Titel: Life Itself

Sammendrag: Why are living things alive? As a theoretical biologist, Robert Rosen saw this as the most fundamental of all questions—and yet it had never been answered satisfactorily by science. The answers to this question would allow humanity to make an enormous leap forward in our understanding of the principles at work in our world.
Type: Paperback