Is it Useful to Have a Clear-cut Definition of Life? On the Use of Fuzzy Logic in Prebiotic Chemistry

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Bruylants, Gilles ^a   Bartik, Kristin ^a   Reisse, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Darwin; Fuzzy logic; Lamarck; Origin of life; Species

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; FUZZY LOGIC; LIFE;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; FUZZY LOGIC; LIFE;

EID: 77951765209     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9192-3     Document Type: Article

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