How did life start? Is the evolution of life describable by any physics-like laws? Stuart Kauffman's latest book of
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Table of contents :
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1: The World Is Not a Machine
CHAPTER 2: The Function of Function
CHAPTER 3: Propagating Organization
CHAPTER 4: Demystifying Life
CHAPTER 5: How to Make a Metabolism
CHAPTER 6: Protocells
CHAPTER 7: Heritable Variation
CHAPTER 8: The Games We Play
CHAPTER 9: The Stage is Set
CHAPTER 10: Exaptations and Screwdrivers
CHAPTER 11: AWorld Beyond Physics
EPILOGUE: The Evolution of the Economy
REFERENCES
INDEX