August 18, 2024

A simple collectively autocatalytic set. The model molecules are bit strings acting as substrates and products of reactions. Black solid arrows are drawn from the dots representing substrates of a reaction to a box representing the reaction. Black solid arrows are drawn from the reaction box to the dots representing the products of the reactions. The actual direction of flow of the reaction depends upon displacement from equilibrium. Dashed lines from dots representing molecules to

Authors: (1) STUART KAUFFMAN; (2) ANDREA ROL. Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Part I. A Definition of Life Part II. The first Miracle: The emergence of life is an expected phase transition – TAP and RAF. Part III. The Second Miracle: The evolution of the biosphere is a propagating, non-deducible construction, not an entailed deduction. There is no Law. Evolution is ever-creative Part IV. New Observations and Experiments: Is There Life in the Cosmos?

Authors: (1) STUART KAUFFMAN; (2) ANDREA ROL. Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Part I. A Definition of Life Part II. The first Miracle: The emergence of life is an expected phase transition – TAP and RAF. Part III. The Second Miracle: The evolution of the biosphere is a propagating, non-deducible construction, not an entailed deduction. There is no Law. Evolution is ever-creative Part IV. New Observations and Experiments: Is There Life in the Cosmos?

Authors: (1) STUART KAUFFMAN; (2) ANDREA ROL. Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Part I. A Definition of Life Part II. The first Miracle: The emergence of life is an expected phase transition – TAP and RAF. Part III. The Second Miracle: The evolution of the biosphere is a propagating, non-deducible construction, not an entailed deduction. There is no Law. Evolution is ever-creative Part IV. New Observations and Experiments: Is There Life in the Cosmos?

Authors: (1) STUART KAUFFMAN; (2) ANDREA ROL. Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Part I. A Definition of Life Part II. The first Miracle: The emergence of life is an expected phase transition – TAP and RAF. Part III. The Second Miracle: The evolution of the biosphere is a propagating, non-deducible construction, not an entailed deduction. There is no Law. Evolution is ever-creative Part IV. New Observations and Experiments: Is There Life in the Cosmos?