TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rothman,Stephen
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Life beyond molecules and genes: how our adaptations make us alive 
AV  - QH546 .R68 2009eb
U1  - 578.4 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - West Conshohocken, Pa.
PB  - Templeton Press
KW  - Adaptation (Biology)
KW  - Life
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : what is it that makes an object alive? -- Life forces and vital substances : the path from vitalism to materialism -- The material causes of life : the modern perspective -- Coming into being : the origin of aliveness -- A more refined understanding : a modern view of what is necessary for life -- A sufficient property of life : a search for the properties that attest to our being alive -- Dr. Bernard's adaptations : the internal adaptations of life and their critical role in understanding life's nature -- The physical world intrudes : how the physical world shapes our adaptive properties and us -- Adaptations as life : adaptations as the sufficient, lifegiving properties -- Spandrels and other irrelevancies: are there sufficient properties of life that are not adaptations? -- Life as complexity : the nature of biological complexity -- Harmony : the concordance of life and its science -- Conclusion : is there life beyond the genome?; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10500147
ER  -