Are complexity and homochirality co-emergent phenomena? (eBook)

Marshall Goldberg (Autor)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
14 Seiten
GRIN Verlag
9783668931787 (ISBN)

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Scientific Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Biology - Cytology, , language: English, abstract: How did life begin? Why are amino acids left-handed (homochiral) in living organisms? This paper suggests that these questions can be approached by analysing computational constraints in complex dynamical systems (chemical or not) that are not in equilibrium. I will propose a model based on the behavior of dynamic billiards on billiard tables shaped like asymmetry graphs (A-graphs) constructed from Wolfram random cellular automaton #30 and Wolfram complex cellular automaton #110. The model entails an abstract geometrical illustration of the co-emergence of left-homochirality and complexity. It is proposed that complexity and homochirality are co-emergent phenomena based on the formulation asymmetriy and entropy leads to complexity. Consequently, life may not necessarily depend on carbon-water chemistry on worlds in the 'Goldilocks' zone.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.5.2019
• Verlagsort: München
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
• Schlagworte: alpha helix • asymmetry • asymmetry graphs • autocatalytic sets • Complexity • complex small-world network • dynamic billiards • geometrical chemistry. • left-handed • Left homochiral • origin of life • racemic • random network
• ISBN-13: 9783668931787 / 9783668931787