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Book Title
Living Computers : Replicators, Information Processing, and the Evolution of Life
Publication Name
Living Computers
Title
Living Computers
Subtitle
Replicators, Information Processing, and the Evolution of Life
Author
Alvis Brazma
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-10
0192871943
EAN
9780192871947
ISBN
9780192871947
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Genre
Computers, Science
Topic
Life Sciences / Taxonomy, Computer Science, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
Release Date
16/11/2023
Release Year
2023
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Height
0.9in
Item Length
10in
Item Width
7.1in
Item Weight
28.1 Oz
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions. It records the entire path of how life's information has evolved, starting from the growing polymers of prelife leading to the first replicators, through RNA and DNA to neural networks and animal brains, continuing through the major transition of human language and writing, into computer clouds, and finally heading towards an unknown future. All currently known life is based on three classes of molecules: proteins - life's main structural and functional building blocks; DNA - life's information molecule; and RNA - a molecule that provides the link between these two. Despite the existence of language and the new means of information recording and processing it enabled, at the current stage of life's evolution, the information stored in the natural repository of our planet's DNA archive remains indispensable. If the DNA on Earth were to become seriously corrupted, all cultural information and life itself would soon disappear. However, does future life have to be reliant on these molecules or could a living organism be made of e.g. steel, rubber, copper, and silicon? What was life like when it first emerged on Earth billions of years ago? What will life be like millions or billions of years from now, if it still exists? Could future civilisations, including the possible heirs of the present one, persist without proteins, DNA, and RNA? The author arms the reader with the knowledge required to speculate about such questions in an informed and reasoned way. Living Computers is aimed at students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines, from physics, computing, and biology to social sciences and philosophy. The fascinating idea of life as a computational phenomenon will also appeal to a more general readership interested in our origins and future existence.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0192871943
ISBN-13
9780192871947
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18060728665

Product Key Features

Book Title
Living Computers : Replicators, Information Processing, and the Evolution of Life
Author
Alvis Brazma
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Taxonomy, Computer Science, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Computers, Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
7.1in
Item Weight
28.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Qh324.2
Table of Content
Preface1. How to clone oneself?2. Self-organising molecules3. Informed self-organisation4. The simplest life5. Evolving replicators6. Life on Earth7. Evolution as a ratchet of information8. From DNA to language9. Epilogue - beyond language
Dewey Decimal
570.285
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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