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

"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 and quantum mechanics, cosmology, relativity and their consequences (Chapter 1), and it continues by des...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eigen, Manfred, 1927-2019 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
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505 0 |a Acknowledgements -- Prolegomenon -- Matter and energy -- Energy and entropy -- Entropy and information -- Information and complexity -- Complexity and self-organisation -- conclusion -- Appendices to Chapter 1 -- Appendix to Chapter 2 -- Appendix to Chapter 3 -- Appendix to Chapter 4 -- Appendix to Chapter 5 -- Author index -- Subject index. 
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