From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity : A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought

Manfred Eigen

ISBN 10: 0198841949 / ISBN 13: 9780198841944

Edité par Oxford University Press Jun 2019, 2019

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Neuware - 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 ofquantitative 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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity : A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Jun 2019
• Date de parution: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0198841949
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780198841944
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 246 L x 187 H x 40 P (en millimètres) 246 millimètres de largeur par 187 millimètres de hauteur par 40 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 1594 grammes

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Manfred Eigen, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany