MARC Record from marc_claremont_school_theology

LEADER: 03556cam a2200577Ia 4500
001 ocn259254975
003 OCoLC
005 20200617075000.3
008 080929s2008 si a b 001 0 eng d
040 $aYDXCP$beng$cYDXCP$dBWX$dTXA$dCUY$dIAY$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dUTO$dSINLB$dHEBIS$dCDX$dORX$dBDX$dGGN$dVP@$dMUU$dOCLCQ$dOCLCF$dOCLCQ
019 $a236324384
020 $a9812832599
020 $a9789812832597
020 $a9812832602$q(pbk.)
020 $a9789812832603$q(pbk.)
029 1 $aAU@$b000043882283
029 1 $aCDX$b8792925
029 1 $aDEBSZ$b302529071
029 1 $aGBVCP$b578261820
029 1 $aHEBIS$b21257079X
029 1 $aNZ1$b12914508
035 $a(OCoLC)259254975$z(OCoLC)236324384
050 4 $aQH331$b.H58 2008
082 04 $a571.4$222
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aHo, Mae-Wan.
245 14 $aThe rainbow and the worm :$bthe physics of organisms /$cMae-Wan Ho.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ :$bWorld Scientific,$c©2008.
300 $axxvii, 380 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 337-365) and indexes.
505 0 $aWhat is it to be alive? -- Do organisms contravene the Second Law -- Can the Second Law cope with organised complexity? -- Energy flow and living cycles -- How to catch a falling electron -- Towards a thermodynamics of organised complexity -- Sustainable systems as organisms -- The seventy-three octaves of nature's music -- Coherent excitations of the body electric -- The solid-state cell -- Life is a little electric current -- How coherent is the organism? The heartbeat of health -- How coherent is the organism? Sensitivity to weak electromagnetic fields -- Life is all the colours of the rainbow in a worm -- The liquid crystalline organism -- Crystal consciousness -- Liquid crystalline water -- Quantum entanglement and coherence -- Ignorance of the external observer -- Time and freewill.
520 1 $a"This highly unusual book began as a serious inquiry into Schrodinger's question, "What is life?", and as a celebration of life itself, It takes the reader on a voyage ofdiscovery through many areas of contemporary physics, from non-equilibrium thermodynamics and quantum optics to liquid crystals and fractals, all necessary for illuminating the problem of life, In the process, the reader is treated to a rare and exquisite view of the organism, gaining novel insights not only into the physics, but also into "the poetry and meaning of being alive."" "This much-enlarged third edition includes new findings on the central role of biological water in organizing living processes; it also completes the author's novel theory of the organism and its applications in ecology, physiology and brain science."--Jacket.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aBiology$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aLife (Biology)
650 0 $aBiophysics.
650 7 $aBiology$xPhilosophy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00832439
650 7 $aBiophysics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00832656
650 7 $aLife (Biology)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00998188
650 07 $aBiophysik.$2swd
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c30.00$d30.00$i9812832602$n0007877967$sactive
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n10257586$c$32.00
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0007877968
938 $aCoutts Information Services$bCOUT$n8792925
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n2880878
994 $a92$bCST
976 $a10017033825