From strange simplicity to complex familiarity : a treatise on matter, information, life and thought

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From strange simplicity to complex familiarity : a treatise on matter, information, life and thought

Manfred Eigen

Oxford University Press, 2013

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内容説明

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.

目次

  • 1. Matter and Energy
  • 2. Energy and Entropy
  • 3. Entropy and Information
  • 4. Information and Complexity
  • 5. Complexity and Self-Organisation
  • Appendix to Chapter 1
  • Appendix to Chapter 2
  • Appendix to Chapter 3
  • Appendix to Chapter 4
  • Appendix to Chapter 5

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB12830083
  • ISBN
    • 9780198570219
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Oxford
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxii, 732 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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