Singularity of Nature : A Convergence of Biology, Chemistry and Physics

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Title: Singularity of Nature : A Convergence of Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Description: Understanding how simple molecules have given rise to the complex biochemical systems and processes of contemporary biology is widely regarded as one of chemistry's great unsolved questions. There are numerous theories as to the origins of life, the majority of which draw on the idea that DNA and nucleic acids are the central dogma of biology. The Singularity of Nature: A Convergence of Biology, Chemistry and Physics takes a systems-based approach to the origin and evolution of complex life. Readers will gain a novel understanding of physiologic evolution and the limits to our current understanding: why biology remains descriptive and non-predictive, as well as offering new opportunities for understanding relationships between physics and biology in the origins of biological life at the cellular-molecular level.
Authors: John S Torday, William B Miller Jr
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Biophysics, Molecular biology, Life--Origin
Categories: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:Understanding how simple molecules have given rise to the complex biochemical systems and processes of contemporary biology is widely regarded as one of chemistry's great unsolved questions. There are numerous theories as to the origins of life, the majority of which draw on the idea that DNA and nucleic acids are the central dogma of biology. The Singularity of Nature: A Convergence of Biology, Chemistry and Physics takes a systems-based approach to the origin and evolution of complex life. Readers will gain a novel understanding of physiologic evolution and the limits to our current understanding: why biology remains descriptive and non-predictive, as well as offering new opportunities for understanding relationships between physics and biology in the origins of biological life at the cellular-molecular level.
ISBN:9781788017978
9781839162251
9781839162244