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Mind from matter?: An essay on evolutionary epistemology

By Max Delbruck

Book information

Publisher
Blackwell Scientific Publications
Year
1986
ISBN
0865423067, 9780865423060
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17701314 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
290\305
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-08-13 12:07:57
Biology Cell Developmental Entomology Marine Micro

Description

How was it possible for that thing we call `mind' to come into being? If natural selection applies, how did the evolutionary process give rise to minds capable of profound insights into mathematics, the structure of matter and the nature of life itself? How could the capacity for knowing and understanding have grown out of inert matter? In this book Max Delbrck calls upon his unusual career in physics and later in biology to analyse these fundamental questions. He traces organic evolution from bacteria to man, and explains how biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology have done so much to advance our understanding of that process. Professor Delbruck was honoured with the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his pioneering studies in viral genetics. After his death in 1981, this manuscript was completed by his collaborators.

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