Matter. Information. Life

Author: Liu Liangheng
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: Biology is the material that has life. The Chinese language uses only two simple characters to describe the universe's most complex events clearly and concisely. However, there is no clear scientific definition of what life is. Since the emergence of quantum theory, the discovery of the wave-particle duality of fundamental particles has fundamentally changed the long-held notion that matter is concrete. Suddenly, both the scientific definitions of life and matter became vague speculations. One of the main purposes of this book is to connect physics, chemistry, and biology through the concept of information regulation, forming a unified life science. Chapter 1 summarizes the nature and forms of information, followed sequentially by the introduction of non-genetic information transmitted without biological genes, genetic information relying on gene transmission, life phenomena, self-organizing phenomena in the universe, the relationship between waves, patterns, and information, the brain and non-genetic information, and issues related to intelligence, spiritual thought, and non-genetic information.