Screen LibraryWhat is life? on earth and beyond /
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107175891 1107175895 |
| Index Number: | BD431 |
| CLC: |
Q693-532 Q1-532 |
| Call Number: | Q1-532/W555/2015 |
| Contents: |
Machine generated contents note: Science -- Reflections on Origins, Life, and the Origins of Life / The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet and Life Elsewhere / The Shape of Life: Morphological Signatures of Ancient Microbial Life in Rocks / Precellular Evolution and the Origin of Life: Some Notes on Reductionism, Complexity and Historical Contingency / Philosophy -- Science and Philosophy Faced with the Question of Life in the Twentyfirst Century / What is Life? And Why is the Question Still Open? / Is the Origin of Life a Fluke? Why the Chance Hypothesis Should Not be Dismissed Too Quickly / Some Contemporary -- and Persistent -- Fallacies and Confusions about Astrobiology / Superintelligent AI and the Postbiological Cosmos Approach / Theology -- What Theology can Contribute to the Question "What is Life?" / Autopoietic Systems and the Theology of Creation: On the Nature of Life / Where There's Life There's Intelligence / Life in the Universe, Incarnation and Salvation: A Conversation between Christianity and the Scientific Possibilities of Extra Terrestrial Life / Talking Lions, Intelligent Aliens, and Knowing God -- Some Epistemological Reflections on a Speculative Issue / Conclusion -- What is Life? On Earth and Beyond: Conclusion / A Skeptical Afterword / |