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Proving Darwin : making biology mathematical
- Title
- Proving Darwin : making biology mathematical / Gregory Chaitin.
- Author
- Chaitin, Gregory J.
- Publication
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 123 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-116) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JSD 13-57
- ISBN
- 9780375423147
- 0375423141
- LCCN
- 2011040689
- OCLC
- 2011040689
- Author
- Chaitin, Gregory J.
- Title
- Proving Darwin : making biology mathematical / Gregory Chaitin.
- Imprint
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-116) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSD 13-57