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Proving Darwin : making biology mathematical / Gregory Chaitin.
Van Pelt Library QH371.3.M37 C42 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chaitin, Gregory J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolution (Biology)--Mathematics.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Biomathematics.
- Evolution (Biology)--Mathematical models.
- Biology--Mathematical models.
- Biology.
- Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
- Biology--Philosophy.
- Computer programming--Philosophy.
- Computer programming.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 123 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pantheon Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- Groundbreaking mathematician Chaitin posits that evolution works on a mathematical level. He argues evolution can't makes sense without a mathematical theory, and explains the mathematical scheme he's developed for life itself.
- Contents:
- Problem Solvers and Theorizers
- Introduction: Overview of Proving Darwin
- Life as Evolving Software : The Evolution of Mutating Software
- The Human Discovery of Software : Turing and von Neumann as Biologists
- The Mathematics of Metabiology : Random Walks in Software Space
- Santa Fe Institute Lecture : A Mathematical Theory of Evolution and Biological Creativity
- Theological Aspects of Metabiology
- The Politics of Creativity (Social Darwinism
- Social Metabiology)
- What can Mathematics Ultimately Accomplish? : Metabiology and Beyond
- Appendix 1: von Neumann's "DNA = Software" Paper
- Appendix 2: The Heart of the Proof.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-116) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375423141
- 9780375423147
- OCLC:
- 753624836
- Publisher Number:
- 99948895787
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