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Published on: 2009-09-15
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What makes us alive Is it our DNA Our genetics Is it our atomic composition that gives us life Somehow, all of this feels radically dissonant from our everyday experience. In Life beyond Molecules and Genes, experimental biologist Stephen Rothman makes the bold case that it is, in fact, our adaptive abilities, hewn by evolution, that make us alive. In making this point, he reveals a hidden harmony between science and life as we live it.The traditionally accepted understanding of adaptive properties (e.g., the abilities to obtain food, avoid predators, procreate) has been that these are actions of living things or traits that they express. Rothman makes the provocative assertion that this foundational element of the modern materialist perspective is entirely backwards. Our adaptive properties do not exist because we are alive, but rather we are alive because they exist. The implications of this assertion turn the theory of evolution by natural selection on its head by revealing that life transcends its material nature.Students and scholars of the biological sciences as well as those interested in the philosophy of science will find this work both fascinating and challenging, perhaps even controversial. For centuries, the field of biology has focused on the seemingly mundane task of identifying and cataloging life's chemical substances, while ignoring its grand question: "What is it that makes us alive" With Life beyond Molecules and Genes, perhaps the field will move a bit closer toward an answer. Tools for the Microbiome: Nano and Beyond - ACS Nano (ACS ... Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Biophysics Program Harvard University Boston Massachusetts 02115 United States Insect - Wikipedia Etymology. The word "insect" comes from the Latin word insectum meaning "with a notched or divided body" or literally "cut into" from the neuter singular perfect ... Energy and the Human Journey: Where We Have Been; Energy and the Human Journey: Where We Have Been; Where We Can Go. By Wade Frazier . Version 1.2 published May 2015. Version 1.0 published September 2014. Basic Genetics Explore traits the characteristics that make us unique. We are pleased to offer you a partial preview of our new Tour of Basic Genetics. More chapters will be ... Minds-on Activities for Teaching Biology Serendip Studio The resources listed below include: minds-on hands-on activities and minds-on analysis and discussion activities for teaching biology to high school and middle ... AP Biology - Free AP Notes Outlines Vocab and... Brownian movement - random mov't of molecules in biological systems . occurs due to collisions between molecules; molecules' mov't can't directly be seen but mov't ... Ch. 26 Phylogeny and the tree of life Flashcards Quizlet -some portions of the genome appear to have evolved in irregular bursts that are not at all clocklike -even those genes that seem to act as reliable molecular clocks ... life biology Britannica.com The phenomenon of life can be approached in several ways: life as it is known and studied on planet Earth; life imaginable in principle; and life by hypothesis that ... Debunking Evolution - problems between the theory and ... So do the big changes (macroevolution) really happen? Evolutionists tell us we cannot see evolution taking place because it happens too slowly. A Templeton Conversation: Does science make belief in God ... a templeton conversation. Does science make belief in God obsolete? This is the third in a series of conversations among leading scientists and scholars about the ...
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