From complexity to life
Subtitle: on the emergence of life and meaning
By: edited by Niels Henrik Gregersen
Contributors: Gregersen, Niels Henrik, 1956-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Religion and science -- Congresses; Complexity (Philosophy) -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Pt 1. Defining complexity.  Randomness and mathematical proof / Gregory J. Chaitin ; How to define complexity in physics, and why / Charles H. Bennett; title: Pt 2. The concept of information in physics and biology.  The emergence of autonomous agents / Stuart Kauffman ; Complexity and the arrow of time / Paul Davies ; Can evolutionary algorithms generate specified complexity? / William A. Dembski ; The second law of gravitics and the fourth law of thermodynamics / Ian Stewart ; Two arrows from a mighty bow / Werner R. Loewenstein; title: Pt 3. Philosophical and religious perspectives.  Emergence of transcendence / Harold J. Morowitz ; Complexity, emergence, and divine creativity / Arthur Peacocke ; From anthropic design to self-organized complexity / Niels Henrik Gregersen