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ISBN 10: 3319529110 

ISBN 13: 9783319529110

Author: David S. Stevenson 

The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive 1st Table of contents:

1.: What Is Life?
Introduction
Beyond the Six Kingdoms
How Do Our Genes Work?
The Shifting Landscape of Our Genes
Genes on the Move
The CRISPy Side of Evolution
How MRS GREN Became MRS GREEN
The Deep Biosphere
Life, the Universe and Maybe Everything
Conclusions
References
2.: Life’s Grand Themes
Introduction
The Replication and Transmission of Information
The Persistence of Cells
Photosynthesis and the Oxygen Revolution
Of Peroxides and Perchlorates
Sex and Sexuality
From Unicellular to Multicellular Life
Sensation
Neurons, Brains and Integration
Are There Reasonable Alternatives to Multicellular Central Nervous Systems?
In Silico: The Future of Intelligence Everywhere?
The Idea of an Intelligence Window
A Few Final Scenarios
Conclusions
References
3.: The Origin of Life on Earth
Introduction
The Dark, Young Earth
What Do Astrochemists Know About Life?
Southern Fried Chickens and Poached Eggs
Before the RNA World
The Rise of Modern Genetics from Molecular Goo
How Might Life on Earth Compare to Its Rise Elsewhere?
The Emergence of Photosynthesis
Conclusions
References
4.: Life as the Evolution of Information
Introduction
The Entropy Illusion
The Lady’s Not for Turning—Why Evolution Never Goes Backwards
Hypermutation
Redundancy and Degeneracy: The Lifeblood of Evolution
The Genetic Code
Hox Genes
Gene Networks and Genetic Learning
Redundancy, Entropy and the Major Transitions in Evolution
Epigenetics: Add a Dash of Lamarckian Unpredictability
Conclusions
References
5.: Life Jim, But Not as We Know It
Introduction
A Recap
Using the Deep Biosphere as a Guide to Alien Life
Signs of Life
Life Under a Crimson Sun
Insurmountable Problems?
The Rhythm of Life
The Color of Spring
ET – From the Familiar to the Sublime
Sub-glacial Life
Living Rocks
The Blob
Dustballs, Tumbleweeds and Self-assembling Organisms
Planet-Wide Microbial Consciousness
In Silico Life: A Reprise
Can a Star Be Alive?
Nebular Life?
Life on Nearby Shores
The Signatures of Life
Metabolism
The Great Pump
Biological Impact on Planetary Atmospheres
Conclusions
References
6.: Extinction
Introduction
Humans as Mass Killers
The Five Major Extinctions
The Ordovician Extinctions
The Devonian Event
The Great Dying
The Fall of Pangaea and the Rise of the Dinosaurs
The Rise of Mammals
Take-Home Messages from the Mass Extinctions
Can Life Be Defeated?
Conclusions
References
7.: Agents of Mass Destruction
Introduction
Our Own Worst Enemy
Global Warming
Nuclear War
Overpopulation
Pestilence
Collapsing Economies
Fashion Bottlenecks
What Can the Universe Throw at Us?
Ice Ages
Near Misses with Black Holes and Neutron Stars
Near Misses with Dwarf Stars or Rogue Planets
Gamma Ray Bursts
Cosmic Collisions with Comets and Asteroids
Migrating Mercury
Mutually Assured Destruction: Courtesy of the LHC?
What Can Science Fiction Tell Us About Annihilation?
Wandering Planets: “Earthfall”
Death Rays and Antimatter
V (1984)
Von Neumann Machines
Conclusions
References
8.: Ultimately, Can Life Survive?
Introduction
The Decline and Fall of Life on Earth
Tardigrades, Dienococcus radiodurans and Hitching Rides
The End of Stars
Life Without Warmth
Energy, Entropy and Life’s Inevitable Decline
Death by Fire
Conclusions
References
9.: A Thesis on Life, the Universe and Almost Everything
Introduction
The Basics for Life and Intelligent Life
Oxygenic Photosynthesis as a Rate-Limiting Step
Information Entropy, Probability and Time
Oxygen’s Role in Expanding Biological Information Entropy
Information Entropy in a Changing Environment
Plate Tectonics and the Growth in Information Entropy
Towards a Mathematical Model for Evolution in a Changing World
The Model
Information, Information, Information
Information, Oxygen, Multicellular Life and the Evolution of Complexity
Information, Oxygen and Intelligence
Planet A: Aqua-Planet
Planet B: A Tidally Locked World
Planets C and D: A Young Earth, a Young Mars
Information and Extinction

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