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Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry Into the Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life - Complexity in Ecological Systems
Robert Rosen
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Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry Into the Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life - Complexity in Ecological Systems
Robert Rosen
In a sophisticated (but clear and understandable) exposition, Rosen (physiology and biophysics, Dalhousie U.) rejects both the necessity and the sufficiency of the mechanistic model/metaphor for biological life, and proposes an alternative, drawn equally from experience in biology, physics, and mat
285 pages, Ill.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 14, 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231075640 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 285 |
| Dimensions | 203 × 254 × 25 mm · 625 g |
| Language | English |
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