Living Computers
replicators, information processing, and the evolution of life
$120.35
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
20 December 2023
Summary
Life’s Algorithm: How Information Shaped Evolution
This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information, charting their intertwined emergence and evolution. Embark on a journey through the major evolutionary transitions, tracing the path of life’s information from the primordial polymers of pre-life to the complex neural networks of animal brains.
Discover how RNA and DNA arose from the first replicators, and follow the tran…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192871947 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192871943 |
| Author: | Prof Alvis Brazma, Alvis Brazma |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 20 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 796g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 180mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Presents a complete way of thinking about living things, from the basics of biochemistry and genetics, through the origin and evolution of single-celled organisms, to multicellular organisms with complex ways of communicating with each other. * Choice *
About The Author
Prof Alvis Brazma
Alvis Brazma is a Senior Scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Cambridge, UK. He has worked in bioinformatics—the science looking at biology from the perspective of information—from its very earliest days. He has published over 150 scientific papers on a wide range of subjects, from computer science to biology (and the links between the two), including in the highest impact journals such as Nature and Science, and has been cited almost 50,000 times.
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