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Case against Accident and Self-Organization
Dean L. Overman
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Description for Case against Accident and Self-Organization
Hardback. In this study of the origins of life and the universe the author demonstrates that it is mathematically impossible that accidental processes produced the first living matter. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB1; PD; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
In this illuminating book, Dean L. Overman uses logical principles and mathematical calculations to answer the questions that have long perplexed biologists and astrophysicists: Is it mathematically possible that accidental processes caused the formation of the first form of living matter from non-living matter? Could accidental processes have caused the formation of a universe compatible with life? Are current self-organization scenarios for the formation of the first living matter plausible? Overman reviews the influence of metaphysical assumptions in logical analysis, and discusses the principles of logic applicable to these questions, examining the limitations of verbal and mathematical logic. He proceeds ... Read more
In this illuminating book, Dean L. Overman uses logical principles and mathematical calculations to answer the questions that have long perplexed biologists and astrophysicists: Is it mathematically possible that accidental processes caused the formation of the first form of living matter from non-living matter? Could accidental processes have caused the formation of a universe compatible with life? Are current self-organization scenarios for the formation of the first living matter plausible? Overman reviews the influence of metaphysical assumptions in logical analysis, and discusses the principles of logic applicable to these questions, examining the limitations of verbal and mathematical logic. He proceeds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847689668
SKU
V9780847689668
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About Dean L. Overman
Dean L. Overman is the senior partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Winston & Strawn, a large international law firm. He is the coauthor of several law books, the author of many law review articles on banking, commercial, corporate, tax, and securities laws, the author of a book on effective writing, and an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for ... Read more
Reviews for Case against Accident and Self-Organization
Overman's 'brief' finds implausible the claims that life evolved from nonlife by chance and that the conditions for life in the universe are without cause. . . . As clear and straightforward an argument as one can find.
First Things
The author has provided an eminently readable and interesting book.
Glenn Wyper
Reformed Review, Fall 98, ... Read more
First Things
The author has provided an eminently readable and interesting book.
Glenn Wyper
Reformed Review, Fall 98, ... Read more