Essays on life sciences : with related science fiction stories

Summary: This collection of essays highlights, in a new, critical fashion, some of the classic questions in life science. These include ""what is life?""; ""what is death?""; ""what is consciousness?""; ""why is life cellular?""; and ""why are enzymes macromolecules?"". It also explores whether evolution is pre-determined, whether science and spirituality can harmonize with each other, whether artificial intelligence is at odds with the human spirit, and whether, and to what extent, we are genetically determined. In this text, some of the main conceptual tools used to tackle life's many aspects are nec.

Record details

ISBN: 1527541673
ISBN: 9781527541672
ISBN: 1527544796
ISBN: 9781527544796
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 249 pages.)
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Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
Copyright: �2020

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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