Signs of Life is an entirely new approach to the problems of understanding living systems. It applies the mathematics of order and disorder, of entropy, chance, and randomness, of chaos and nonlinear dynamics to the various mysteries of the living world at all levels. Less a set of answers than a guide to thinking about living systems, this book will help set the agenda for biology in the coming century.
Ricard Sol is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering at the Politechnic University in Barcelona, External Professor of the Santa Fe Institute, senior member of the NASA-associate Center of Astrobiology, and head of the Complex Systems Research Group. He lives in Barcelona, Spain. Brian Goodwin is a Scholar in Residence at Schumacher College and a member of the Santa Fe Institute. His previous books include Temporal Organization in Cells, How the Leopard Changed Its Spots, and, with Gerry Webster, Form and Transformation. He lives in Devon, England.