Name: The Quest for a Universal Theory of Life: Searching for Life as we Don't Know it (Cambridge Astrobiology) (en Inglés)
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Author: Cleland, Carol E.
ISBN: 9780521873246

portada The Quest for a Universal Theory of Life: Searching for Life as we Don't Know it (Cambridge Astrobiology) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Carol E. Cleland

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Año

2019

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

258

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

24.9 x 18.1 x 1.8 cm

Peso

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9780521873246

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The Quest for a Universal Theory of Life: Searching for Life as we Don't Know it (Cambridge Astrobiology) (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "The Quest for a Universal Theory of Life: Searching for Life as we Don't Know it (Cambridge Astrobiology) (en Inglés)"

Integrating both scientific and philosophical perspectives, this book provides an informed analysis of the challenges of formulating a universal theory of life. Among the issues discussed are crucial differences between definitions and scientific theories and, in the context of examples from the history of science, how successful general theories develop. The central problem discussed is two-fold: first, our understanding of life is still tacitly wedded to an antiquated Aristotelian framework for biology; and second, there are compelling reasons for considering that familiar Earth life, which descends from a last universal common ancestor, is unrepresentative. What is needed are examples of life as we don't know it. Potential sources are evaluated, including artificial life, extraterrestrial life, and a shadow biosphere right here on Earth, and a novel strategy for searching for unfamiliar life in the absence of a definition or general theory is developed. The book is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers studying the nature, origins, and extent of life in the universe.