Biology and the riddle of life /

"What is life? What does it means to be alive? Is the Earth a super-organism? Is God necessary? In Biology and the Riddle of Life Charles Birch confronts these fundamental questions at a time when such topics as genetic engineering, cloning and ecology have been prominent in the news. Birch con...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Birch, Charles, 1918-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Biology > Philosophy.
Life (Biology)
Biologie > Philosophie.
Vie (Biologie)
NATURE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Biology > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is Life?
  • 2. Richness of Experience in Human Life
  • 3. Is Life Reducible to Physics and Chemistry?
  • 4. Cutting Humans Down to Size
  • 5. Romancing Nature
  • 6. Processing Towards Life
  • 7. Is God Necessary?

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