Exploring scaling in mammals by discussing redundancy and modularity in complex systems, highlighting similarities across species despite external differences. Assembly theory is introduced to show objects being built from elementary parts with different evolutionary depths and copy numbers.
How does a group of molecules transition into something that is life? And what do even mean when we say 'life'?
To explore the origin of life, we’re joined again by Sara Walker, Deputy Director of the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Associate Professor in Earth and Space Exploration and Complex Adaptive Systems at Arizona State University, and External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute.
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