Erratum to: What is Life? Defining Life in the Context of Emergent Complexity (Orig Life Evol Biosph, (2010), 40, (221-229), 10.1007/s11084-010-9203-4);What is life? defining life in the context of emergent complexity

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-229

  Weber, Bruce H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems dynamics; Defining life; Emergence; Nonequilibrium thermodynamic; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; METABOLITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PROTEIN;

EID: 77951766544     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9212-3     Document Type: Erratum

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