• DocumentCode
    1508369
  • Title

    What is life?

  • Author

    Anbar, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    19
  • Abstract
    The author considers life and live systems in the Universe in the present and in the future, in view of our current understanding of biology and of our late technological achievements.
  • Keywords
    biology; evolution (biological); extraterrestrial life; living systems; biological machines; colonisation of space; evolution; expanding Universe; extraterrestrial life; life; live systems; rules of biology; social structure; technological achievements; unpredictable behaviour; Biogenesis; Evolution; Extraterrestrial Environment; Humans; Life;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0739-5175
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/51.932719
  • Filename
    932719