宇宙为家
At home in the universe
Stuart A. Kauffman · 初版 1995 年
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为什么值得读
- 提出生命在特定宇宙条件下必然出现的大胆猜想
- 借助布尔网络等计算模型阐释自组织定律
- 深刻探讨生命活力与无机物边界的复杂本质
一场重大的科学革命已经开启，这一新范式的重要性足以与达尔文的进化论相匹敌。其核心在于发现隐藏在最复杂系统深处的秩序，从生命的起源、巨型公司的运作，到伟大文明的兴衰。在所有人当中，这场革命主要归功于一个人——Stuart Kauffman，麦克阿瑟学者，也是这门全新的复杂性科学极具远见的先驱。如今，在《At Home in the Universe》中，Kauffman 出色地将智力探索的激情与丰沛的洞见融为一体
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那 Eric Chaisson 的《Cosmic Evolution》、Goodwin 的《Signs of Life》、薛定谔的《What is Life?》、Stuart Kauffman 的《At Home in the Universe》呢？这些书我都读过，讲的完全跟这家伙是一码事，所以有啥新鲜的？Kauffman 那本跟这个可能是最像的，强烈推荐给感兴趣的人。
What about Eric Chaisson's Cosmic Evolution, Goodwin's Signs of Life, Shrodinger's What is Life?, Stuart Kauffman's At Home in the Universe? All of these books I've read which argue the same damn thing as this guy, so what's new? That last book by Kauffman is probably the most simialr, and I highly recommend it to those interested.
Stuart Kauffman 写过一本极吸引人的书《At Home in the Universe》，他在书里声称，在特定条件下（这些条件在我们宇宙中恰好是有利的），生命几乎是必然会出现的（他将其视作热力学第四定律）。他用了一个叫做布尔……的计算模型
There's a fascinating book by Stuart Kauffman, At Home in the Universe, where he claims that under certain conditions (that are favorable in our universe), life is all but certain (he views it as a fourth law of thermodynamics). He uses a computational model called boolean…
……书，清晰、简炼且有深度。这是我们理解何为生命/活着与无生命之区别的必读经典之一。其他关于“活着的无形特质”的书籍：- Stuart Kauffman 的《At Home in the Universe》- Christopher Alexander 的《The Timeless Way of Building》- 侯世达的《Gödel, Escher, Bach》
…book, clear, succinct and insightful. Part of the canon on our understanding of what life is / what it means to be animate instead of inanimate. Other books on the intangible quality of being alive: - At Home in the Universe by Stuart Kauffman - The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander - Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
围绕这个问题有本很有意思的读物：Stuart Kauffman 的《At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity》
Interesting read around that question: Stuart Kauffman’s At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
Stuart Kaufman（是这么拼吧？）在《At Home in the Universe》一书里，把“生命的出现是意料之中的事”这个观点论证得相当漂亮。我们本就是必然。
An argument for life being expected is made pretty well in the book "At Home in the Universe" by Stuart Kaufman (spelling?). We the expected.