From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity
A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 23 May 2013
- ISBN 9780198570219
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages756 pages
- Size 253x201x39 mm
- Weight 1826 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 265 line and halftone colour illustrations 0
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Short description:
This book presents a vivid argument for the almost lost idea of a unity of all natural sciences. This unity engenders the "complex familiarity" of the world in which we live and which can be described in "strangely simple" theoretical terms, leading to surprising new insights into the mysterious phenomenon of life.
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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 physics and quantum mechanics, cosmology, relativity and their consequences (Chapter I), and it continues by describing the properties of material systems that are best understood by statistical and phase-space concepts (Chapter II). These lead to entropy and to the classical picture of quantitative information, initially devoid of value and meaning (Chapter III). Finally, "information space" and dynamics within it are introduced as a basis for semantics (Chapter IV), leading to an exploration of life and thought as new problems in physics (Chapter V).
Dynamic equations - again of a strange (but very general) nature - bring about the complex familiarity of the world we live in. Surprising new results in the life sciences open our eyes to the richness of physical thought, and they show us what can and what cannot be explained by a Darwinian approach. The abstract physical approach is applicable to the origins of life, of meaningful information and even of our universe.
A very special, fascinating and unique book. It is difficult to imagine a reader who would not learn something new and deep in this book. The book constitutes a true tour de force [and] would definitely be of broad interest to the general public, students, professors, scientists, and those with a sufficient science background who are interested in current, state-of-the-art science.
Table of Contents:
Matter and Energy
Energy and Entropy
Entropy and Information
Information and Complexity
Complexity and Self-Organisation
Appendix to Chapter 1
Appendix to Chapter 2
Appendix to Chapter 3
Appendix to Chapter 4
Appendix to Chapter 5
