02435nam a2200409 a 4500 EBC769738 MiAaPQ 20250821114807.0 m o d | cr cn||||||||| 090226s2009 pau sb 001 0 eng d 2009006181 1599472503 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781599472508 9781599473659 (electronic bk.) (MiAaPQ)EBC769738 (Au-PeEL)EBL769738 (CaPaEBR)ebr10500147 (CaONFJC)MIL326500 (OCoLC)751695301 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ QH546 .R68 2009 578.4 22 Rothman, Stephen. 359031 Life beyond molecules and genes [electronic resource] : how our adaptations make us alive / Stephen Rothman. West Conshohocken, Pa. : Templeton Press, c2009. xvi, 222 p. 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Adaptation (Biology) 359032 Life. 359033 Evolution (Biology) 35513 Electronic books. 35142 ProQuest (Firm) 359034 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=769738 Click to View 275949 275949