Living Computers: Replicators, Information Processing, And The Evolution Of Life
Author: Alvis Brazma
ISBN: 978-0192871947
Price: Rs. 1746.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions. It records the entire path of how life's information has evolved, starting from the growing polymers of prelife leading to the first replicators, through RNA and DNA to neural networks and animal brains, continuing through the major transition of human language and writing, into computer clouds, and finally heading towards an unknown future.
Browse this title within our Biology Books collection. Edition details: Paperback, English, 306 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-0192871947.
About the Author
Alvis Brazma, Senior Research Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Cambridge, UK Alvis Brazma is a Senior Scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) - European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Cambridge, UK. He has worked in the discipline of 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.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- General / Adult
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 978-0192871947
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Pr
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What is this book about?
This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions. It records the entire path of how life's information has evolved, starting...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this book if you enjoy big, idea-driven science that connects the dots across disciplines. It takes you from the chemistry of early life to brains, language, and modern computing, showing how information has shaped evolution at every step. Written to be accessible yet deeply thoughtful, it feels like a guided tour of life’s grand logic. A premium, thought‑provoking reference you’ll return to whenever you want to think bigger about what life is and where it may be headed.
- Published by Oxford Univ Pr.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 306.
Catalog Description
This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions. It records the entire path of how life's information has evolved, starting from the growing polymers of prelife leading to the first replicators, through RNA and DNA to neural networks and animal brains, continuing through the major transition of human language and writing, into computer clouds, and finally heading towards an unknown future.
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