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Title
Life. Death. Immortality : the reign of the genome / Gennadiy Zhegunov, Denys Pogozhykh.
ISBN
9783031275524 (electronic bk.)
3031275527 (electronic bk.)
3031275519
9783031275517
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (458 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-27552-4 doi
Call Number
QH331 .Z44 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
570
Summary
What are life and death? Is it possible to understand their essence and give clear definitions? Countless books and articles have been devoted to trying to answer these intriguing questions. However, there are still no definite and generally accepted answers. The intrigue remains. And meanwhile, human attempts to vanquish death and achieve immortality continue apace. This book is an attempt to answer the eternal questions about life and death by analyzing, synthesizing, and rethinking the known facts that characterize life. The material here should be of particular interest, as it contains many hypotheses, philosophical generalizations, and well informed speculations. What is most important for life - matter, energy, or information? How are individual lives and the phenomenon of life in general related? What serves what does the genome serve the cell or does the cell serve the genome? What is the value of life and death? Can we become immortal? The inquisitive reader will find original answers to these and other exciting questions in the pages of this stimulating book.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on print version record.
Series
Frontiers collection.
The phenomenon of life. Planet system of life
Individual Life. Living bodies - holders of life
The Emergence of Individual Life and the Life Phenomena
Development
Reproduction of living bodies and genomes
Ways and Mechanisms of Survival
Aging and Loss of Individuals
The processes and mechanisms of living bodies. The nature of vitality
Information and Management. Mechanisms of the Invisible World of the Genome
Living Bodies - Phenotypic Framing of Genomes
Duality of Life
Immortality. Power of the Genome
Conclusion. The Unified System of Life.
