Pross, Addy,  1945- <br/><br/>
What is life? :  how chemistry becomes biology / 
Addy Pross. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2012. 
 - xiv, 200 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index. 
<br/><br/>Livings things are so very strange -- The quest for a theory of life -- Understanding'understanding' -- Stability and instability -- The knotty origin of life problem -- Biology's crisis of identity -- Biology is chemistry -- What is life?. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199641017  RM83.98 0199641013 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Life (Biology)--Philosophy.<br/>Biology--Philosophy.<br/>Life--Origin.<br/>Chemistry--Philosophy.<br/>Vital force.