There’s a book called Life’s Edge by Carl Zimmer[0] that’s similar to this article but gets deeply into the history of various explorations of the concept of “life” as well as issues that come up around it (eg organ donation) and what…
…including Monod's "Chance and Necessity" (dated but excellent), Nick Lane's whole series of books (notably "The Vital Question"), Nurse's "What is Life?" (good if you want to learn about yeast), Zimmer's "Life's Edge" (haven't finished it yet, seems good). Honestly, the details change, and the emphasis of each author, but they are all speculative and hand-wavey. Pre-paradigmatic. My favorite quote is from "Life on…
与此相关的是“什么才算活着”这个问题。卡尔·齐默(Carl Zimmer)的《生命的边缘》(Life’s Edge)读起来很有意思
Related to is the question of what it means for something to be alive. Carl Zimmer’s “Life’s Edge” is an interesting read
有一本卡尔·齐默写的叫《生命的边缘》(Life’s Edge)的书[0],跟这篇文章很像,但它深入探讨了人们对“生命”这一概念进行探索的历史,以及围绕它出现的各种问题(比如器官捐献)还有什么是……
There’s a book called Life’s Edge by Carl Zimmer[0] that’s similar to this article but gets deeply into the history of various explorations of the concept of “life” as well as issues that come up around it (eg organ donation) and what…
……包括莫诺(Monod)的《偶然性与必然性》(虽然老了点但写得极好)、尼克·莱恩(Nick Lane)的整套系列书(尤其是《生命之问》)、纳斯(Nurse)的《生命是什么?》(如果你想了解酵母的话挺不错的)、齐默(Zimmer)的《生命的边缘》(还没看完,感觉不错)。说实话,细节和每位作者侧重的点各不相同,但它们全都有臆测和含糊其辞的成分。还处于前范式阶段。我最喜欢的一句名言来自《生命在……
…including Monod's "Chance and Necessity" (dated but excellent), Nick Lane's whole series of books (notably "The Vital Question"), Nurse's "What is Life?" (good if you want to learn about yeast), Zimmer's "Life's Edge" (haven't finished it yet, seems good). Honestly, the details change, and the emphasis of each author, but they are all speculative and hand-wavey. Pre-paradigmatic. My favorite quote is from "Life on…