{"product_id":"life-itself-9780231075657","title":"Life Itself","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis strategy, derived from Newtonian mechanism, is embodied in reductionism: break what is complicated into simpler pieces, understand the pieces themselves, and reconstruct organisms from this understanding. In Life Itself, Robert Rosen argues that such a view is neither necessary nor sufficient to answer the question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Prolegomenon 2. Strategic Considerations: The Special and the General 3. Some Necessary Epistemological Considerations 4. The Concept of State 5. Entailment Without States: Relational Biology 6. Analytic and Synthetic Models 7. On Simulation 8. Machines and Mechanisms 9. Relational Theory of Machines 10. Life Itself: The Preliminary Steps 11. Relational Biology and Biology","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400187224407,"sku":"9780231075657","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231075657.jpg?v=1730470006","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-itself-9780231075657","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}