Can Science Explain Life? (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Carl F. Krafft

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331496895 ISBN 13: 9780331496895

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Can science explain life? A bold look at how living matter may differ from the dead, and what that means for biology.

This short, idea‑driven work surveys theories about what makes living cells behave with purpose. It contrasts the inert behavior of dead matter with living systems that coordinate, control, and direct themselves from within. The discussion spans how cells assimilate nutrients, how electric processes might drive growth, and how complex internal structures could enable replication and heredity.

Readers are invited to consider whether life reflects a unique organization of matter or a set of physical processes that science can describe in detail. The text uses physical and chemical ideas to pose big questions about life, division, and the forces that shape living systems.

• How living cells “digest” and assimilate materials and what role electric potentials might play
• The spirazine concept and its proposed link to cell growth, division, and heredity
• Arguments about what drives cell division from within, not from external forces
• Speculations on how electrical vortices might relate to fundamental forces and atomic structure

Ideal for readers curious about the science behind life, evolution, and the big ideas that connect biology with physics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331496895
• ISBN 13: 9780331496895
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 100