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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. 1. Life and the Riddle of Randomness 1
  6. 2. Time, Size, and Complexity 17
  7. 3. Small Organisms and Neutral Morphologies 40
  8. 4. The Evolution of the Decrease of Randomness 63
  9. 5. An Exception: Where Small Organisms Suppress Randomness 93
  10. 6. The Division of Labor: Two Cases of the Return of Randomness in Higher Forms 101
  11. 7. Envoi 118
  12. Acknowledgments 121
  13. Bibliography 125
  14. Index 131
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Illustrations vii
  4. Preface ix
  5. 1. Life and the Riddle of Randomness 1
  6. 2. Time, Size, and Complexity 17
  7. 3. Small Organisms and Neutral Morphologies 40
  8. 4. The Evolution of the Decrease of Randomness 63
  9. 5. An Exception: Where Small Organisms Suppress Randomness 93
  10. 6. The Division of Labor: Two Cases of the Return of Randomness in Higher Forms 101
  11. 7. Envoi 118
  12. Acknowledgments 121
  13. Bibliography 125
  14. Index 131
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