<p>How was it possible for that thing we call `mind' to come into being? If natural selection applies, how did the evolutionary process give rise to minds capable of profound insights into mathematics, the structure of matter and the nature of life itself? How could the capacity for knowing and understanding have grown out of inert matter? In this book Max Delbrck calls upon his unusual career in physics and later in biology to analyse these fundamental questions. He traces organic evolution from bacteria to man, and explains how biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology have done so much to advance our understanding of that process. Professor Delbruck was honoured with the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his pioneering studies in viral genetics. After his death in 1981, this manuscript was completed by his collaborators.</p>

Mind from matter?: An essay on evolutionary epistemology

Politics & Social Sciences

Delbrück, Max

Stent, Gunther Siegmund

Philosophy

Blackwell Scientific Publications

Mind from Matter

Blackwell Pub.

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History

Europe

Nabu Press

Hefe, Gärung und Fäulnis (Classic Reprint) (German Edition)

Science & Math

Chemistry

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Der Aufbau Der Atomkerne: Natürliche und Künstliche Kernumwandlungen (German Edition)

Meitner, Lise

Physics

Springer

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