The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex
The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex
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万物的出现：世界如何变得复杂
DOI：
10.5860/choice.40-4575
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2002
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H. Morowitz
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当整体大于部分之和时--事实上，如此之大，以至于总和远远超越了部分，代表了某种全新的、不同的东西--我们称之为现象涌现。当在原始沃茨中扩散的化学物质聚集在一起形成第一个活细胞时，那就是出现。当大脑中神经元的活动导致意识时，这也是涌现。在《万物的涌现》一书中，参与复杂性研究的顶尖科学家之一哈罗德·J·莫罗威茨（Harold J. Morowitz）带领我们对宇宙进行了一次全面的旅行，这次旅行有28站，每一站都突出了一个特别重要的涌现时刻。例如，莫罗威茨阐明了恒星的出现，元素和周期表的诞生，以及太阳系和行星的出现。我们看到活细胞、动物、脊椎动物、爬行动物和哺乳动物的出现，导致了类人猿和人类的出现。他还考察了工具制造，语言的演变，农业和技术的发明，以及城市的诞生。当他对我们的宇宙、太阳系和生命本身的进化展开提出这些见解时，莫洛维茨也在新兴的宇宙中寻找上帝的本质，斯宾诺莎、布鲁诺和爱因斯坦提出的上帝，莫洛维茨认为我们可以通过研究自然法则来了解上帝。由我们最聪明的科学家之一所写，万物的出现提供了一个迷人的新方式来看待宇宙和自然世界，它为科学与宗教之间的对话做出了重要贡献。
When the whole is greater than the sum of the parts-indeed, so great that the sum far transcends the parts and represents something utterly new and different-we call that phenomenon emergence. When the chemicals diffusing in the primordial waters came together to form the first living cell, that was emergence. When the activities of the neurons in the brain result in mind, that too is emergence. In The Emergence of Everything, one of the leading scientists involved in the study of complexity, Harold J. Morowitz, takes us on a sweeping tour of the universe, a tour with 28 stops, each one highlighting a particularly important moment of emergence. For instance, Morowitz illuminates the emergence of the stars, the birth of the elements and of the periodic table, and the appearance of solar systems and planets. We look at the emergence of living cells, animals, vertebrates, reptiles, and mammals, leading to the great apes and the appearance of humanity. He also examines tool making, the evolution of language, the invention of agriculture and technology, and the birth of cities. And as he offers these insights into the evolutionary unfolding of our universe, our solar system, and life itself, Morowitz also seeks out the nature of God in the emergent universe, the God posited by Spinoza, Bruno, and Einstein, a God Morowitz argues we can know through a study of the laws of nature. Written by one of our wisest scientists, The Emergence of Everything offers a fascinating new way to look at the universe and the natural world, and it makes an important contribution to the dialogue between science and religion.