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 .p04 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonotarbida | Trigonotarbids, 250 MYa archnids ]]
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 .p026 formula for probability of ant choosing a pheromone trail marked by a prior ant or ants, not usable without examples and numbers
 .p027 formulas obscured when many ants swarm towards multiple goals
 .p028 self-organizing behavior, not supervised but seeming so
 .p034 birds save energy by flying in formation and coordinating wing beats, minimizing downwash effects
 .p035 18yo Cockell in the Canadian north, banding birds caught in nets, then released
  . different ducks behaved differently, unique individual "personalities"
 .p035 Physics trumps individuality
 .p036 cellular cytoskeleton proteins self-organize
 .p037 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesin | kinesin ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axonal_transport#Anterograde_transport | (anterograde) ]] and [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin | myosin ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axonal_transport#Anterograde_transport | (retrograde) ]] motor molecules crawl along polar [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubulin | tubulin ]] filaments
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 .p0  .p044 500nm [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae | ladybug ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_wing | hindwings ]] under hard [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elytron | elytra ]] wing cases
 .p045 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitin | chiten ]] 10% steel strength, 10x [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratin | keratin/hair ]] strength
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 .'''p083 Ch05 Bundles of Life  .'''p083 Ch05 Bundles of Life'''
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 .'''p125 Ch07 The Code of Life  .'''p125 Ch07 The Code of Life'''
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 .'''p167 Ch09 Water, the Liquid of Life  .'''p167 Ch09 Water, the Liquid of Life'''
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 .'''p259 Acknowledgements
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 .'''p325 Index'''
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 .'''p325 Index
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The Equations Of Life

How Physics Shapes Evolution


  • p001 Ch01 Life's Silent Commander



  • p019 Ch02 Organizing the Multitudes


  • p024 active matter physics, Tamás Vicsek

  • p026 formula for probability of ant choosing a pheromone trail marked by a prior ant or ants, not usable without examples and numbers
  • p027 formulas obscured when many ants swarm towards multiple goals
  • p028 self-organizing behavior, not supervised but seeming so
  • p034 birds save energy by flying in formation and coordinating wing beats, minimizing downwash effects
  • p035 18yo Cockell in the Canadian north, banding birds caught in nets, then released
    • different ducks behaved differently, unique individual "personalities"
  • p035 Physics trumps individuality
  • p036 cellular cytoskeleton proteins self-organize
  • p037 kinesin (anterograde) and myosin (retrograde) motor molecules crawl along polar tubulin filaments


  • p039 Ch03 The Physics of the Ladybug



  • p059 Ch04 All Creatures Great and Small


  • p061

  • p061

  • p067

  • p068

  • p069

  • p070

  • p070

  • p072

  • p076

  • p077

  • p077

  • p080


  • p083 Ch05 Bundles of Life



  • p105 Ch06 The Edge of Life


  • p106

  • p107

  • p109

  • p110

  • p113

  • p114

  • p116

  • p118

  • p120

  • p121

  • p121

  • p123


  • p125 Ch07 The Code of Life


  • p125

  • p128

  • p133

  • p134

  • p137

  • p140

  • p141

  • p142

  • p143


  • p145 Ch08 Of Sandwiches and Sulfur


  • p148

  • p150

  • p152

  • p154

  • p155

  • p156

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  • p157


  • p167 Ch09 Water, the Liquid of Life


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  • p180

  • p181

  • p191

  • p192

  • p192

  • p193


  • p195 Ch10 The Atoms Of Life


  • p210

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  • p217 Ch11 Universal Biology


  • p224


  • p239 Ch12 The Laws of Life: Evolution and Physics Unified


  • p239

  • p246

  • p253


  • p259 Acknowledgements



  • p263 Notes



  • p325 Index



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