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Oxford University Press, USA
From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity: A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought
From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity: A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought
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This book presents a vivid argument for the almost lost idea of a unity of all natural sciences. It starts with the strange physics of matter, including particle physics, atomic physics and quantum mechanics, cosmology, relativity and their consequences (Chapter I), and it continues by
describing the properties of material systems that are best understood by statistical and phase-space concepts (Chapter II). These lead to entropy and to the classical picture of quantitative information, initially devoid of value and meaning (Chapter III). Finally, information space and dynamics
within it are introduced as a basis for semantics (Chapter IV), leading to an exploration of life and thought as new problems in physics (Chapter V). Dynamic equations - again of a strange (but very general) nature - bring about the complex familiarity of the world we live in. Surprising new results in the life sciences open our eyes to the richness of physical thought, and they show us what can and what cannot be explained by a Darwinian
approach. The abstract physical approach is applicable to the origins of life, of meaningful information and even of our universe.
Author: Manfred Eigen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/10/2019
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.75lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780198841944
describing the properties of material systems that are best understood by statistical and phase-space concepts (Chapter II). These lead to entropy and to the classical picture of quantitative information, initially devoid of value and meaning (Chapter III). Finally, information space and dynamics
within it are introduced as a basis for semantics (Chapter IV), leading to an exploration of life and thought as new problems in physics (Chapter V). Dynamic equations - again of a strange (but very general) nature - bring about the complex familiarity of the world we live in. Surprising new results in the life sciences open our eyes to the richness of physical thought, and they show us what can and what cannot be explained by a Darwinian
approach. The abstract physical approach is applicable to the origins of life, of meaningful information and even of our universe.
Author: Manfred Eigen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 06/10/2019
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.75lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780198841944
About the Author
Manfred Eigen, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany
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