Übersicht			Auf mobile öffnen

Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Oktober 2016
Genre:	Naturwissensch., Medizin, Technik
	B / Biology—Philosophy / Biomedical and Life Sciences / Cell Biology / Cellular biology (cytology) / Coding and Information Theory / Coding theory / Coding theory & cryptology / Coding theory and cryptology / Ecology / Information theory / Linguistics / Philosophy / Philosophy of Biology / Semantics / Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
ISBN:	9783319366371
EAN-Code:	9783319366371
Verlag:	Springer Nature EN
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 235 mm / B 155 mm / D
Gewicht:	385 gr
Seiten:	224
Illustration:	XXI, 224 p. 2 illus., schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
Zus. Info:	Previously published in hardcover
Bewertung:	Titel bewerten / Meinung schreiben

Inhalt:

The genetic code appeared on Earth at the origin of life, and the codes of culture arrived almost four billion years later. For a long time it has been assumed that these are the only codes that exist in Nature, and if that were true we would have to conclude that codes are extraordinary exceptions that appeared only at the beginning and at the end of the history of life. In reality, various other organic codes have been discovered in the past few decades and it is likely that more will come to light in the future. The existence of many organic codes in Nature is therefore an experimental fact, but also more than that. It is one of those facts that have extraordinary implications. In this book it is shown that the genetic code was a precondition for the origin of the first cells, the signal transduction codes divided the first cells into three primary kingdoms (Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya), the splicing codes were instrumental to the origin of the eukaryotic nucleus, the histone code provided a new regulation system in eukaryotic genomes, and the cytoskeleton codes allowed the Eukarya to perform internal movements, including those of mitosis and meiosis. It is shown, furthermore, that organic codes had a key role in multicellular life, in particular in the origin of animals, the origin of mind and the origin of language. The great events of macroevolution, in other words, were associated with the appearance of new organic codes,and we can easily understand why. The reason is that a new code brings into existence something that has never existed before because it creates arbitrary associations, relationships that are not determined by physical necessity. Another outstanding implication is the fact that codes involve meaning and we need therefore to introduce in biology, with the standard methods of science, not only the concept of biological information but also that of biological meaning. The research on biological codes, in conclusion, is bringing to light new mechanisms in evolution and new fundamental concepts in science. This research is the field of Code Biology, the study of all codes of life, from the genetic code to the codes of culture, from the origin of life to the origin of man.