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03200aam a2200373 i 4500 001 59A1AC94527411EC8E4D38A14AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211201010015 008 190307t20192019enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019010797 020 $a 052187324X 020 $a 9780521873246 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d HNK $d HF9 $d BDF $d OCLCO $d IAZ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QH325 $b .C54 2019 082 00 $a 576.8/3 $2 23 100 1 $a Cleland, Carol, $e author. 245 14 $a The quest for a universal theory of life : $b searching for life as we don't know it / $c Carol E. Cleland, University of Colorado, Boulder. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xiii, 245 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge astrobiology ; $v 11 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Acknowledgments – Introduction -- The enduring legacy of Aristotle: the battle over life as self-organization or (genetic-based) reproduction -- Why life cannot be defined -- What is a scientific theory -- How scientific theories develop -- Challenges for a universal theory of life -- Rethinking the traditional paradigm for life: lessons from the world of microbes -- Artificial life: could ALife solve the N=1 problem? -- Searching for extraterrestrial life without a definition or universal theory of life -- A shadow biosphere: alien microbes on Earth? – Conclusion – References -- Index. 520 $a Integrating both scientific and philosophical perspectives, this book provides an informed analysis of the challenges of formulating a universal theory of life. Among the issues discussed are crucial differences between definitions and scientific theories and, in the context of examples from the history of science, how successful general theories develop. The central problem discussed is two-fold: first, our understanding of life is still tacitly wedded to an antiquated Aristotelian framework for biology; and second, there are compelling reasons for considering that familiar Earth life, which descends from a last universal common ancestor, is unrepresentative. What is needed are examples of life as we don't know it. Potential sources are evaluated, including artificial life, extraterrestrial life, and a shadow biosphere right here on Earth, and a novel strategy for searching for unfamiliar life in the absence of a definition or general theory is developed. The book is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers studying the nature, origins, and extent of life in the universe. -- Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Life $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Life (Biology) $x Philosophy. 650 7 $a Life (Biology) $x Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00998191 650 7 $a Life $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00998172 650 7 $0 (FrPBN)11936842 $a Origine de la vie $0 (FrPBN)11936842 $x Philosophie. $2 ram 830 0 $a Cambridge astrobiology ; $v 11. 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20211201010633.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59A1AC94527411EC8E4D38A14AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search