Author: Peter George Kinnon

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Published: 2014-10

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780958287623

"Here is unfolded the grandeur of the proliferation of chemical and geometric intricacy from the pre-stelliferous era right through to the current development of the Internet. Thus its scope is very wide-ranging and so the subject matter has been garnered from many domains of science. Some of the salient issues addressed are: The formation of chemical elements in stars. The importance of shape in physical phenomena. The evolving mineral chemistry of our planet. Abiogenesis - transition to a new kind of chemistry Networks & swarms: their role in natural processes. Information in relation to chemistry and geometry The concept of the stochastic ratchet. The fundamentally flawed concept of design. Evolution of the network of biological systems. Debunking the myth of the all-powerful gene. Human evolution, an engineering approach. The confusing mythical notion of intelligencé Consciousness, not a mystery, a biological necessity. Evolution of technology, the crucial chemistries. Present chemistries and geometries, the Internet. The forward vector of the machinery of nature While some of the ideas expressed in this book are are somewhat unorthodox, they are made so only because objectivity has been maintained by carefully avoiding the unquestioning acceptance of myths of the kind to which our culture has made us very susceptible. The most deeply entrenched of these having been engendered by our very natural anthropocentrism"--Back cover.