Every Life Is On Fire: How Thermodynamics Explains The Origins Of Living Things Jeremy England Basic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Physics

Why Are We Alive? Most Things In The Universe Aren\ T And If You Trace Evolutionary History Of Plants Animals Back Far Enough Will Find That At Some Point Neither Were Scientists Have Wrestled With This Problem For Centuries No One Has Been Able To Offer A Credible Theory But 2013 Just 30 Years Old Biophysicist Jeremy England Published Paper Utterly Upended Ongoing Study Life\ S Origins Every Life Is On Fire He Describes First Time His Highly Publicized Known As Dissipative Adaptation Any Disordered System Matter Clumps Together Breaks Apart Mostly Randomly Without Consequence Form Momentarily Better Doing Specific Job: Dissipating Energy These Structures Less Likely Fall Over They Become Both Withstanding Disorder Surrounding Them Creating Copies Themselves From Deep Insight Grounded Thermodynamics Isolate Emergence Life-Like Behaviors Always Thought Began Stroke Spectacular Luck Fact May Be Inevitable Product Iron Physical Laws World-Class Physicist An Ordained Rabbi So Enquiry Doesn\ End Physics Ask Questions Like \ How Did Begin?\ Not Fun Scientific Inquiry Because Want Deeper Understanding Who We\ Re Here Even Can Explain Emerged Doubts Reducing Down Flows Bunch Microscopic Particles Ever Give Us Satisfying Answer What It Means Believes Fundamentally Philosophical Distinction Natural Before Seriously Look Must Make Basic Choices About Think Something Researchers Often Fail Recognize Throughout Informs Premises Careful Exploration Anyone Reads Book Their Creed Offers Rare Work Popular Science Explores Does Imbues Our Lives Meaning Σελίδες: 272 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm