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*[http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5518892 "In the Beginning..." (''The Economist'')] | * [http://economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5518892 "In the Beginning..." (''The Economist'')] | ||
**<font face="Gill Sans MT">From the preface: "How life on Earth got going is still mysterious, but not for want of ideas."</font> | ** <font face="Gill Sans MT">From the preface: "How life on Earth got going is still mysterious, but not for want of ideas."</font> | ||
*[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry] | * [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/life/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry] | ||
**<font face="Gill Sans MT">Excerpt from Conclusion: "Living organisms are autopoietic systems: self-constructing, self-maintaining, energy-transducing autocatalytic entities” in which information needed to construct the next generation of organisms is stabilized in nucleic acids that replicate within the context of whole cells and work with other developmental resources during the life-cycles of organisms, but they are also “systems capable of evolving by variation and natural selection: self-reproducing entities, whose forms and functions are adapted to their environment and reflect the composition and history of an ecosystem” (Harold, F.M., 2001. The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms and the Order of Life, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 232)." </font> | ** <font face="Gill Sans MT">Excerpt from Conclusion: "Living organisms are autopoietic systems: self-constructing, self-maintaining, energy-transducing autocatalytic entities” in which information needed to construct the next generation of organisms is stabilized in nucleic acids that replicate within the context of whole cells and work with other developmental resources during the life-cycles of organisms, but they are also “systems capable of evolving by variation and natural selection: self-reproducing entities, whose forms and functions are adapted to their environment and reflect the composition and history of an ecosystem” (Harold, F.M., 2001. The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms and the Order of Life, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 232)." </font> | ||
*[http://www. | * [http://www.astrobiology.com/extreme.html Life in Extreme Environments]. The Astrobiology Web. A web portal, having the following subportals: | ||
** <font face="Gill Sans MT">General Information | Genomic Resources | Thermophilic life) | Endolithic organisms | Bacteria in Amber | Dry (Xerophytic) organisms | Radiation Tolerance | Deep & Dark Dwelling Organisms | Life at Varied Pressures | Halophilic Organisms | Research Agencies | The Domain Archaea | Deep Ocean Thermal Vents | Research Agencies | Books we recommend.</font> | |||
*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106478/life Life - Encyclopedia Britannica article by Carl Sagan, | * [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9106478/life Life - Encyclopedia Britannica article by Carl Sagan, et al.] | ||
*[http://www.edge.org/documents/life/life_index.html LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!] | * [http://www.edge.org/documents/life/life_index.html LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!] | ||
**An [http://www.edge.org/ Edge] Special Event at Eastover Farm (Aug. 27, 2007), with videos and full-text transcript. Summary | ** An [http://www.edge.org/ Edge] Special Event at Eastover Farm (Aug. 27, 2007), with videos and full-text transcript. Summary | ||
*[http://ways.org/en/2008/jan/25/2142/daniel/how_treat_fundamental_questions How to treat fundamental questions.] | * [http://ways.org/en/2008/jan/25/2142/daniel/how_treat_fundamental_questions How to treat fundamental questions.] | ||
*[http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9a.html What is Life.] The Franklin Institute | * [http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9a.html What is Life.] The Franklin Institute | ||
*[http://tolweb.org/tree/ Tree of Life] — A [[taxonomy]] of [[biological species]] | * [http://tolweb.org/tree/ Tree of Life] — A [[taxonomy]] of [[biological species]] | ||
* [http://penmachine-bu.appspot.com/2011/05/the-last-post The last post] - a blog entry on what it means to die, composed by [[Derek K. Miller]] and posted on his behalf the day after he died of [[colorectal cancer]] | |||
* [http://www.whatislife.com/principles/principles.htm What life is]. Site published and maintained by Lukas K. Buehler, PhD, assistant professor in biology at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California. | |||
** <font face="Gill Sans MT">Pages: Life can be studied as a hierarchical structure | Biologists use scientific principles to study living things | The chemistry of life | Cell structures | No life without energy | No life without enzymes | Life operates in small steps | All cells come from cells (the life cycle) | Asexual reproduction and mitosis | Sexual reproduction and meiosis | Genetic variability is the result of random mutations | Mendelian genetics and patterns of inheritance | Molecular biology of the gene | Evolution - the unifying principle in biology | Evidence of Evolution | Mechanisms of Evolution </font> | |||
*[http://www.whatislife.com/principles/principles.htm What life is]. Site published and maintained by Lukas K. Buehler, PhD, assistant professor in biology at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California. | |||
**<font face="Gill Sans MT">Pages: Life can be studied as a hierarchical structure | Biologists use scientific principles to study living things | The chemistry of life | Cell structures | No life without energy | No life without enzymes | Life operates in small steps | All cells come from cells (the life cycle) | Asexual reproduction and mitosis | Sexual reproduction and meiosis | Genetic variability is the result of random mutations | Mendelian genetics and patterns of inheritance | Molecular biology of the gene | Evolution - the unifying principle in biology | Evidence of Evolution | Mechanisms of Evolution </font> | |||
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- "In the Beginning..." (The Economist)
- From the preface: "How life on Earth got going is still mysterious, but not for want of ideas."
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry
- Excerpt from Conclusion: "Living organisms are autopoietic systems: self-constructing, self-maintaining, energy-transducing autocatalytic entities” in which information needed to construct the next generation of organisms is stabilized in nucleic acids that replicate within the context of whole cells and work with other developmental resources during the life-cycles of organisms, but they are also “systems capable of evolving by variation and natural selection: self-reproducing entities, whose forms and functions are adapted to their environment and reflect the composition and history of an ecosystem” (Harold, F.M., 2001. The Way of the Cell: Molecules, Organisms and the Order of Life, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 232)."
- Life in Extreme Environments. The Astrobiology Web. A web portal, having the following subportals:
- General Information | Genomic Resources | Thermophilic life) | Endolithic organisms | Bacteria in Amber | Dry (Xerophytic) organisms | Radiation Tolerance | Deep & Dark Dwelling Organisms | Life at Varied Pressures | Halophilic Organisms | Research Agencies | The Domain Archaea | Deep Ocean Thermal Vents | Research Agencies | Books we recommend.
- LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
- An Edge Special Event at Eastover Farm (Aug. 27, 2007), with videos and full-text transcript. Summary
- What is Life. The Franklin Institute
- The last post - a blog entry on what it means to die, composed by Derek K. Miller and posted on his behalf the day after he died of colorectal cancer
- What life is. Site published and maintained by Lukas K. Buehler, PhD, assistant professor in biology at Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California.
- Pages: Life can be studied as a hierarchical structure | Biologists use scientific principles to study living things | The chemistry of life | Cell structures | No life without energy | No life without enzymes | Life operates in small steps | All cells come from cells (the life cycle) | Asexual reproduction and mitosis | Sexual reproduction and meiosis | Genetic variability is the result of random mutations | Mendelian genetics and patterns of inheritance | Molecular biology of the gene | Evolution - the unifying principle in biology | Evidence of Evolution | Mechanisms of Evolution