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.
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Format: Hardback
Weight: 1826g
Dimensions: 201 x 253mm
Publication Date: 23 May 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780198570219
About Manfred Eigen
Manfred Eigen was born in Bochum Germany in 1927 and began his rerearch career at Gottingen in 1945. In 1967 he won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work on extremely fast chemical reactions. His work on chemistry biochemistry and physics has been recognised throughout the world with honorary doctorates prizes and awards that include the Linus Pauling Medal (American Chemical Society 1967) the Austrian Decoration for Arts and Sciences (1976) the Faraday Medal (Chemical Society London 1977) Max Planck Research Award (1994) the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Institute of Human Virology Baltimore USA (2005) and the Goethe Medal of the Goethe Society Weimar (2007).
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