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邦訳：青土社・2010年４月。論理学や数学を悩ませてきた「逆説」は意外にも、生命を駆動させる力強い原理だった。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009. For readers of Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach, a fascinating look at the hidden meaning in matter. This ambitious new book explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being.
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For readers of Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach, a fascinating look at the hidden meaning in matter
What can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. Every moment, streams of molecular signals direct our cells to move, flatten, swell, shrink, divide, or die. Andreas Wagner's ambitious new book explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being. In the process, he unveils a host of paradoxes underpinning our understanding of modern biology, contradictions he considers gatekeepers at the frontiers of knowledge.
Though we tend to think of concepts in such mutually exclusive pairs as mind-matter, self-other, and nature-nurture, Wagner argues that these opposing ideas are not actually separate. Indeed, they are as inextricably connected as the two sides of a coin. Through a tour of modern biological marvels, Wagner illustrates how this paradoxical tension has a profound effect on the way we define the world around us. Paradoxical Life is thus not only a unique account of modern biology. It ultimately serves a radical—and optimistic—outlook for humans and the world we help create.
