Screen LibraryFrom complexity to life：on the emergence of life and meaning
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 243 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0195150708 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B913 |
| CLC: | B913-532 |
| Call Number: | B913-532/F931/1999 |
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This volume of essays came out of a research symposium, "Complexity, Information, and Design : A Critical Appraisal," held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on October 14-16, 1999. Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt 1. Defining complexity. Randomness and mathematical proof / Gregory J. Chaitin ; How to define complexity in physics, and why / Charles H. Bennett -- Pt 2. The concept of information in physics and biology. The emergence of autonomous agents / Stuart Kauffman ; Complexity and the arrow of time / Paul Davies ; Can evolutionary algorithms generate specified complexity? / William A. Dembski ; The second law of gravitics and the fourth law of thermodynamics / Ian Stewart ; Two arrows from a mighty bow / Werner R. Loewenstein -- Pt 3. Philosophical and religious perspectives. Emergence of transcendence / Harold J. Morowitz ; Complexity, emergence, and divine creativity / Arthur Peacocke ; From anthropic design to self-organized complexity / Niels Henrik Gregersen. |