How can a chemical system act purposefully? Bridging between life and non-life

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 724-730

  Pross, Addy ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergence of life; Kinetic selection; Kinetic stability; Kinetic state of matter; Natural selection; Teleonomy

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BACTERIAL CELLS; CHEMICAL SYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; GENERAL CHEMICAL (CO); KINETIC (POLYM.); KINETIC MODELLING; KINETIC STABILITY; LIVING SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR AGGREGATES; PHYSICO CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 46949086679     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: 10991395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.1382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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