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The materialist view of nature has guided scientific thinking since Galileo—reality can be measured, modeled, and explained. Nature is objective. But our everyday life experiences just don’t seem to fit in with that view. Purpose, desire, and consciousness are real, but not objective. How could natural processes have led to such unnatural consequences? The physical nature of living matter, a material form that has totally overwhelmed our planet, remains inexplicably unresolved. Biology, never mind psychology, simply does not make basic physical sense. Until now.
In Life’s Chemical Secret, Addy Pross offers at last a scientific explanation for life’s greatest puzzle. Through the discovery of a new dimension in chemical possibility, Pross and his collaborators have opened a new door to understanding life’s fundamental nature. The emergence of cognition, mind, and purpose is now comprehensible through the existence of dynamic kinetic states of matter. Some four billion years after life on earth first appeared, living forms can now understand how the universe was able to discover itself.
The materialist view of nature has guided scientific thinking since Galileo—reality can be measured, modeled, and explained. Nature is objective. But our everyday life experiences just don’t seem to fit in with that view. Purpose, desire, and consciousness are real, but not objective. How could natural processes have led to such unnatural consequences? The physical nature of living matter, a material form that has totally overwhelmed our planet, remains inexplicably unresolved. Biology, never mind psychology, simply does not make basic physical sense. Until now.
In Life’s Chemical Secret, Addy Pross offers at last a scientific explanation for life’s greatest puzzle. Through the discovery of a new dimension in chemical possibility, Pross and his collaborators have opened a new door to understanding life’s fundamental nature. The emergence of cognition, mind, and purpose is now comprehensible through the existence of dynamic kinetic states of matter. Some four billion years after life on earth first appeared, living forms can now understand how the universe was able to discover itself.
Part I: The Problem
Chapter One: Science’s Black Hole
Chapter Two: Evolutionary Theory in Crisis
Chapter Three: The Origin of Life Enigma
Part II: Toward Resolution
Chapter Four: Nature, the Ultimate Technologist
Chapter Five: Simplifying Complexity
Chapter Six: Stability: The Role of Energy
Chapter Seven: Stability: The Role of Time
Chapter Eight: Chemistry’s Kinetic Dimension
Chapter Nine: Physicalizing Purpose
Chapter Ten: Physicalizing Mind
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
References and Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Biologie, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780262054836 |
| ISBN-10: | 0262054833 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Pross, Addy |
| Hersteller: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 211 x 143 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Addy Pross |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 15.09.2026 |
| Gewicht: | 0,32 kg |
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