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Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life
Life is an inordinately complex unsolved puzzle. Despite significant theoretical progress, experimental anomalies, paradoxes, and enigmas have revealed paradigmatic limitations. Thus, the advancement of scientific understanding requires new models that resolve fundamental problems. Here, I present a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187144/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25382118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life2010001 |
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description | Life is an inordinately complex unsolved puzzle. Despite significant theoretical progress, experimental anomalies, paradoxes, and enigmas have revealed paradigmatic limitations. Thus, the advancement of scientific understanding requires new models that resolve fundamental problems. Here, I present a theoretical framework that economically fits evidence accumulated from examinations of life. This theory is based upon a straightforward and non-mathematical core model and proposes unique yet empirically consistent explanations for major phenomena including, but not limited to, quantum gravity, phase transitions of water, why living systems are predominantly CHNOPS (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur), homochirality of sugars and amino acids, homeoviscous adaptation, triplet code, and DNA mutations. The theoretical framework unifies the macrocosmic and microcosmic realms, validates predicted laws of nature, and solves the puzzle of the origin and evolution of cellular life in the universe. |
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spelling | pubmed-41871442014-10-27 Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life Andrulis, Erik D. Life (Basel) Article Life is an inordinately complex unsolved puzzle. Despite significant theoretical progress, experimental anomalies, paradoxes, and enigmas have revealed paradigmatic limitations. Thus, the advancement of scientific understanding requires new models that resolve fundamental problems. Here, I present a theoretical framework that economically fits evidence accumulated from examinations of life. This theory is based upon a straightforward and non-mathematical core model and proposes unique yet empirically consistent explanations for major phenomena including, but not limited to, quantum gravity, phase transitions of water, why living systems are predominantly CHNOPS (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur), homochirality of sugars and amino acids, homeoviscous adaptation, triplet code, and DNA mutations. The theoretical framework unifies the macrocosmic and microcosmic realms, validates predicted laws of nature, and solves the puzzle of the origin and evolution of cellular life in the universe. MDPI 2011-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4187144/ /pubmed/25382118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life2010001 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Andrulis, Erik D. Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life |
title | Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life |
title_full | Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life |
title_fullStr | Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life |
title_full_unstemmed | Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life |
title_short | Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life |
title_sort | theory of the origin, evolution, and nature of life |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187144/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25382118 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life2010001 |
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