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From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity - A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought (Paperback)
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From Strange Simplicity to Complex Familiarity - A Treatise on Matter, Information, Life and Thought (Paperback)
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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.
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