Life explained
by Michel Morange
"In this accessible and fascinating book, Michel Morange draws on recent advances in molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, astrobiology, and other disciplines to find today's answers to the question of life. He begins by discussing the various answers formulated in the past, setting contemporary definitions of life within a rich philosophical and scientific tradition that reaches back to ancient Greece, Then, with impeccable logic and a wealth of appropriate detail, Morange lays out the fundamental characteristics that define life. The road to an understanding of life remains incompletely charted, he concludes, but the nature of its final destination is no longer an enigma."--BOOK JACKET.
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In this accessible book, a biologist reflects on the question “What is life?” and looks at the answers provided by an array of recent scientific advances. Michel Morange describes different approaches to the perennially unresolved question through history, then clearly explains today’s new answers.
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