Bøger af Brian Goodwin

Bradbury. Heinlein. Serling. Encounter a new volume of stories inspired by these and other masters who wrote during a golden age of anthology fiction. This Do in Remembrance honors their tradition by returning readers to an amazing dimension of remarkable characters, engaging plots, and crafted prose.Science fiction? Fantasy? You'll find both here, as well as humor mixed with a hint of the supernatural. But most of all, you'll discover fun, fast reads that challenge the imagination without sacrificing truth.So suit up. Strap in. Prepare to launch.Once you crack open This Do in Remembrance, you may be absent from your present reality for some time.

Do genes explain life? Can advances in evolutionary and molecular biology account for what we look like, how we behave, and why we die? This intervention into biological thinking argues that such genetic reductionism has limits. It shows how an understanding of the self-organizing patterns of networks is necessary for making sense of nature.

Signs of Life applies the mathematics of order and disorder, of entropy, chance, and randomness, of chaos and nonlinear dynamics to the various mysteries of the living world at all levels. This book is an entirely new approach to understanding living systems and will help set the agenda for biology in the coming century.

Challenges modern ideas on the interaction of science, nature and human culture, with far-reaching consequences for how we govern our world.