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The Emergence of Everything How
the World Became Complex by
Harold J. Morowitz, Clarence Robinson Professor of Biology and
Natural Philosophy at George Mason University
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| When the
whole is greater than the sum of the parts -
indeed, so great that the sum far |
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the parts and represents something utterly new and different - we
call that |
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phenomenon emergence. When the chemicals
diffusing in the primordial waters came |
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together to form the first living cell,
that was emergence. When the activities of the |
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neurons in the brain result in mind, that too is
emergence. |
| In The
Emergence of Everything, one of the leading scientists
involved in the study of |
| complexity,
Harold J. Morowitz, takes us on a sweeping tour of the
universe, a tour |
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with 28 stops, each one highlighting a
particularly important moment of emergence. For |
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instance, Morowitz illuminates the
emergence of the stars, the birth of the elements and |
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of the periodic table, and the appearance of
solar systems and planets. We look at the |
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emergence of living cells, animals, vertebrates,
reptiles, and mammals, leading to the |
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great apes and the appearance of humanity. He
also examines tool making, the evolution |
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of language, the invention of agriculture and
technology, and the birth of cities. And as |
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he offers these insights into the evolutionary
unfolding of our universe, our solar system, |
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and life itself, Morowitz also seeks out
the nature of God in the emergent universe, the |
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God posited by Spinoza, Bruno, and
Einstein, a God Morowitz argues we can know |
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through a study of the laws of nature.
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Written by one of our wisest scientists, The
Emergence of Everything offers a |
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fascinating new way to look at the universe and
the natural world, and it makes an |
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important contribution to the dialogue between
science and religion. |
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Contents : |
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1. The emergence of emergence |
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2. Ideas of emergence |
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3. The twenty-eight steps |
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4. The first emergence: the primordium |
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5. Large-scale structure |
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6. Stars |
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7. The periodic table |
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8. Solar systems |
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9. Planetary structure |
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10. The geospheres |
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11. The emergence of metabolism |
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12. Cells |
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13. Cells with organelles |
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14. Multicellularity |
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15. Neurons |
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16. Animalness |
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17. Chordateness |
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18. Vertebrateness |
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19. Crossing the geospheres |
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20. Reptiles |
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21. Mammals |
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22. The niche |
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23. Arboreal animals |
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24. Primates |
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25. Great apes |
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26. Hominization and competitive exclusion |
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27. Tool makes |
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28. Language |
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29. Agriculture |
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30. Technology and urbanization |
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31. Philosophy |
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32. The spirit |
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33. Analysing emergences |
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34. Athens and Jerusalem |
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35. Science and religion |
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36. The task ahead |
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