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From Complexity to Life : On the Emergence of Life and Meaning

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ISBN-10: 0195186362

ISBN-13: 9780195186369

Edition: N/A

Authors: Niels Henrik Gregersen

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Publisher: NetLibrary, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: E-Book 
Language: English

Niels Henrik Gregersen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Co-Director of the Centre of Naturalism and Christian Semantics, both at the University of Copenhagen. He has won several international research awards, including one from the John Templeton Foundation for work on the constructive interface between science and religion.

Contributorsp. ix
Introduction: Toward an Emergentist Worldviewp. 3
Defining Complexity
Randomness and Mathematical Proofp. 19
How to Define Complexity in Physics, and Whyp. 34
The Concept of Information in Physics and Biology
The Emergence of Autonomous Agentsp. 47
Complexity and the Arrow of Timep. 72
Can Evolutionary Algorithms Generate Specified Complexity?p. 93
The Second Law of Gravitics and the Fourth Law of Thermodynamicsp. 114
Two Arrows from a Mighty Bowp. 151
Philosophical and Religious Perspectives
Emergence of Transcendencep. 177
Complexity, Emergence, and Divine Creativityp. 187
From Anthropic Design to Self-Organized Complexityp. 206
Indexp. 235
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