UID:
kobvindex_HPB1133059884
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 113 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9783030259624
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3030259625
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs in computer science,
Content:
This Open Access book explores questions such as why and how did the first biological cells appear? And then complex organisms, brains, societies and -now- connected human societies? Physicists have good models for describing the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang, but can we apply the same concepts to the evolution of aggregated matter -living matter included? The Amazing Journey analyzes the latest results in chemistry, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and sociology under the light of the evolution of intelligence, seen as the ability of processing information. The main strength of this book is using just two concepts used in physics -information and energy- to explain: The emergence and evolution of life: procaryotes, eukaryotes and complex organisms The emergence and evolution of the brain The emergence and evolution of societies (human and not) Possible evolution of our "internet society" and the role that Artificial Intelligence is playing
Note:
Acknowledgments Skipping Math Chapter 1. Life, Energy and Information What is Life? The Decay Towards Equilibrium Energy Extraction Requires Information Defining Information Information Storage Requires Energy Storing Information Chapter 2. From the Big Bang to living cells Intelligent Systems Ex-nihilo Energy and Information The Emergence of Complexity Life without Selection The Startups of Life Amino Acids -- the Entrepreneurs of Life The Secret of Life Evolution through Learning Artificial Neural Networks and DNA Collaboration and Eukaryotes The Importance of Scientific Revolutions Chapter 3. From Complex Organisms to Societies Intelligence Needs Energy Sleep, Death and Reproduction The Limits of Unicellular Organisms From Interaction to Cognitive Processes Nervous System or the Forgotten Transition First Brains and Shallow Neural Networks Societies and Natural Selection Insects and Intelligent Societies The Social Body Chapter 4. The Human Social Brains Why a more Powerful Brain? The Primates' Brain What Makes a Homo The Anatomy of Language Agriculture and Cognitive Social Networks Empires and Networks The Expensive-class Hypothesis Chapter 5. The Human Meta-organism The evolution of communication in Homo sapiens More Communicans than Sapiens Communications Technologies and Topologies Internet Companies The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Appendix 1. More on Networks and Information Physicists don't like Networking Abby Normal Distributions Networks and Power The Emergence of Small-world Networks Entropy of Networks Barabasi-Albert small-world networks Why Power Law Appears in Networks Code snippet: entropy of scale-free networks Appendix 2. Math and real life Two scientists playing roulette Complexity in Numbers Appendix 3. How Artificial Neural Networks Work References.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-25962-4
URL:
ProQuest Ebook Central
