concept: metabolism

concept-key: https://vernacular.cloud/0.0.3/bV2atMxwqM5rJMVPzHGTuC49/

Definition

Biochemistry, DNA, reproduction. Lynn Margulis and Doron Sagan, argue that life (metabolism) isn't a miracle, but a sophisticated way for the universe to dissipate energy and manage entropy.

Terrence Deacon _Incomplete Nature_. Hans Jonas _The phenomenon of life: toward a philosophical biology_.

Broader

• physical realm

Related

• autopoiesis