Guest guest Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 30 Dec 2003 17:36:31 -0000 Rainbow and the Worm press-release The Institute of Science in Society Science Society Sustainability http://www.i-sis.org.uk General Enquiries sam Website/Mailing List press-release ISIS Director m.w.ho =================================================== " Probably the most important book for the paradigm change " now reprinted with CDs featuring stunning video images of live organisms. Details at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/rnbwwrm.php. THE RAINBOW AND THE WORM ************************ The Physics of Organisms by Mae-Wan Ho Director, Institute of Science in Society Buy now from the ISIS online store http://www.i-sis.org.uk/onlinestore/books.php#rw About the Author **************** After obtaining her PhD in Biochemistry, Hong Kong University, Mae-Wan Ho embarked on a distinguished research career that included a postdoctoral fellowship in Neurosciences, University of California at San Diego, Fellowship of the National Genetics Foundation, USA. Senior Research Fellow in Biochemistry, University of London, Lecturer in Genetics then Reader in Biology, Open University. Her research evolved through biochemistry to molecular genetics, non-Darwinian evolution, and since 1988, the physics of living organization, defining a new field with the present book, widely acclaimed by serious scientists across the disciplines and by non-scientists alike. A serious, in-depth enquiry into Schrödinger's question, " What is Life? " and at the same time, a celebration of life itself A voyage of discovery through many areas of contemporary physics from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to quantum optics in order to understand the problem of life A rare and exquisite view of the organism, giving novel insights, not only into the physics, but also " the poetry and meaning of being alive " Contents: What is It to Be Alive? Do Organisms Contravene the Second Law? Can the Second Law Cope with Organized Complexity? Energy Flow and Living Cycles How to Catch a Falling Electron Towards a Thermodynamics of Organized Complexity The Seventy-Three Octaves of Nature's Music The Coherent Excitation of the Body Electric How Coherent is the Organism? Life is All the Colours of the Rainbow in a Worm The Liquid Crystalline Organism Crystal Consciousness Quantum Entanglement and Coherence The Ignorance of the External Observer Time and Freewill Buy now from the ISIS online store http://www.i-sis.org.uk/onlinestore/books.php#rw =================================================== This article can be found on the I-SIS website at http://www.i-sis.org.uk/rnbwwrm.php If you would prefer to receive future mailings as HTML please let us know. If you would like to be removed from our mailing list - please reply to press-release with the word in the subject field =================================================== CONTACT DETAILS The Institute of Science in Society, PO Box 32097, London NW1 OXR telephone: [44 20 8643 0681] [44 20 7383 3376] [44 20 7272 5636] General Enquiries sam Website/Mailing List press-release ISIS Director m.w.ho MATERIAL IN THIS EMAIL MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT PERMISSION, ON CONDITION THAT IT IS ACCREDITED ACCORDINGLY AND CONTAINS A LINK TO http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ Find out what made the Top Searches of 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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