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13 produkter
Life's Solution
Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
Häftad, 2004
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553 kr
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The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence. …
Runes of Evolution
How the Universe Became Self-Aware
Häftad, 2015
421 kr
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How did human beings acquire imaginations that can conjure up untrue possibilities? How did the Universe become self-aware? In The Runes of Evolution, Simon Conway Morris revitalizes the study of evolution from the perspective of convergence, providing us with compelling new evidence to support the …
The Crucible of Creation
The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals
Häftad, 1999
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489 kr
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'tells a great story and manages to be informative at all levels. Conway Morris has a collector's eye for the sort of entertaining yet informative snippets that keep readers on their toes.' New Scientist Located in the west of Canada, the Burgess Shale contains a unique collection of fossil …
From Extraterrestrials to Animal Minds
Six Myths of Evolution
Inbunden, 2022
370 kr
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In this learned romp of science writing, Cambridge professor Simon Conway Morris cheerfully challenges six assumptions-what he calls ‘myths’-that too often pass as unquestioned truths amongst the evolutionary orthodox. His convivial tour begins with the idea that evolution is boundless in the kinds …
The Early Evolution of Metazoa and the Significance of Problematic Taxa
Av Alberto M. Simonetta, Simon Conway Morris
Häftad, 2009
667 kr
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One of the great enigmas of evolutionary biology has been how to treat animals of problematic systematic position. Many are known only as fossils, so this area has been of particular interest to palaeobiologists. This book represents a wide synthesis. It embraces not only general problems of animal …
Life's Solution
Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe
Inbunden, 2003
1775 kr
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The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence. …
Fitness of the Cosmos for Life
Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning
Av John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1970 kr
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This highly interdisciplinary 2007 book highlights many of the ways in which chemistry plays a crucial role in making life an evolutionary possibility in the universe. Cosmologists and particle physicists have often explored how the observed laws and constants of nature lie within a narrow range …
Water and Life
The Unique Properties of H2O
Av Ruth M. Lynden-Bell, Simon Conway Morris m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
750 kr
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Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with …
Water and Life
The Unique Properties of H2O
Av Charles Harper, John L. Finney m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
779 kr
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Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with …
Fitness of the Cosmos for Life
Biochemistry and Fine-Tuning
Av John D. Barrow, Simon Conway Morris m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1322 kr
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This highly interdisciplinary 2007 book highlights many of the ways in which chemistry plays a crucial role in making life an evolutionary possibility in the universe. Cosmologists and particle physicists have often explored how the observed laws and constants of nature lie within a narrow range …
Water and Life
The Unique Properties of H2O
Av Ruth M. Lynden-Bell, Simon Conway Morris m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2126 kr
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Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with …
Water and Life
The Unique Properties of H2O
Av Charles Harper, John L. Finney m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
779 kr
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Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with …
Deep Structure of Biology
Is Convergence Sufficiently Ubiquitous to Give a Directional Signal
Häftad, 2008
356 kr
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Twelve renowned scientists and theologians offer penetrating insights into the evolution dialogue in The Deep Structure of Biology. Each considers whether the orthodox evolution model is sufficient and offers their perspective on evolution and biology. Essays include: Chance and Necessity in …
