Exploring the intersection of quantum physics and chemistry, this book reveals how water is essential for life, serving as the "means, medium, and message" in cell biology. It builds on the foundational ideas presented in The Rainbow and The Worm and continues the author's exploration of life's meaning through a scientific lens. With accessible explanations for general readers and detailed insights for experts, it appeals to both scientific and artistic audiences, reflecting the author's dual passion for science and the arts.
Exploring Schrödinger's profound question, the book delves into the intersection of physics and the essence of life. It navigates contemporary topics such as non-equilibrium thermodynamics and quantum optics, offering a unique perspective on biological organisms. Readers are invited to appreciate both the scientific and poetic dimensions of existence, gaining fresh insights into what it means to be alive. This work is crafted for anyone passionate about the interplay between life and physics.
Exploring Schrödinger's profound question, the book delves into contemporary physics to illuminate the essence of life. It navigates diverse topics such as non-equilibrium thermodynamics, quantum optics, and fractals, offering readers unique insights into both scientific concepts and the deeper meaning of existence. This journey not only enhances understanding of the physical world but also celebrates the poetry and significance of being alive, inviting readers to reflect on the interconnectedness of science and life.
Is genetic engineering a modern magic wand, responsible for producing fantastic crops to feed the world's hungry and a miracle cure-all for human disease? Or, as this book claims, is it an untried and inadequalty researched technology that is out of control with nightmarish results? The author aims to show how genetic determinism is at odds with the reality of scientific findings; gives rise to misguided practices and projects that are unethical and exploitative; and is hazardous to human and animal health and the ecological environment.
Evolutionary Processes and Metaphors Edited by Mae-Wan Ho, Department of Biology, The Open University, UK Sidney W. Fox, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Evolution, University of Miami, USA The current evolutionary debate encompasses protobiotic chemistry at one extreme and human sociobiology at the other. Meanwhile, significant advances continue to be made in many scientific disciplines which have far-reaching implications on our view of nature. Although it is now generally felt that neo-Darwinism, at least in its orthodox form, is no longer an adequate theory of evolution, very few attempts have yet been made to articulate a coherent alternative out of the many voices of dissent. The purpose of the present volume is to work towards a new evolutionary synthesis which takes full account of contemporary knowledge in all disciplines; and to examine explicitly the metaphorical basis of evolutionary theories old and new, as this has a powerful impact on our humanistic perspectives which underpin all social and political actions. We have brought together representatives of two groups of those who ultimately believe in working within a transformed neo-Darwinism, and others who advocate a more radical reorientation away from the orthodoxy. Despite their fundamentally different affiliations, they are nonetheless able to communicate on questions of evolutionary concepts and mechanisms and their wider relevance to science and society. New insights are presented on major issues such as the physicochemical underpinnings of life processes, the meaning of natural selection, the nature of variation, heredity and morphogenesis, the integration of organism and environment, the active role of the organism in evolution and the evolution of human society. The new synthesis which is emerging is an integrated, multilevel and multidisciplinary approach to evolution which accords not only with the state of present-day knowledge, but with our deepest experience of nature.
Kniha "Genetické inženýrství naděje, nebo hrozba?". Autorem je Ho Mae-Wan. Obsahuje 300 stran. Jedná se o počin nakladatelství "Alternativa" z roku 2000. Přejeme příjemné čtení.
