From Stars to Brains: Milestones in the Planetary Evolution of Life and Intelligence
The permutation of basic atoms—nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and phosphorus―into the biomolecules DNA and RNA, subsequently evolved in cells and brains, defining the origin of life and intelligence, remains unexplained. Equally the origin of th
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From Stars to Brains Milestones in the Planetary Evolution of Life and Intelligence
From Stars to Brains: Milestones in the Planetary Evolution of Life and Intelligence
Andrew Y. Glikson
From Stars to Brains: Milestones in the Planetary Evolution of Life and Intelligence
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Andrew Y. Glikson Research School of Earth Science Australian National University Canberra, ACT, Australia
ISBN 978-3-030-10602-7 ISBN 978-3-030-10603-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10603-4
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The book is dedicated to Arthur Glikson, my late father, an architect, town planner and pioneer of ecological and regional planning
Preface
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts Aristotle Who knows for certain? Who shall here declare it? Whence was it born, whence came creation? The Gods are later than this world’s formation; Who then can know the origins of the world? The Rig Veda, X.129
This treatise aims at exploring individual and swarm behaviour patterns which potentially hint at as yet-unexplained biological principles and laws of complexity. I
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