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Is it mathematically possible that accidental or chance processes caused the formation of the universe and the first living matter? Are current self-organization scenarios for the formation of the first living matter plausible? Addressing these questions, Overman, a lawyer, reviews the influence of metaphysical assumptions in logical analysis and then discusses evidence from discoveries in molecular biology and physics in the context of mathematical probability. He concludes that accident is not a mathematically possible explanation for the formation of a universe that contains life. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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In this illuminating book, Dean L. Overman uses logical principles and mathematical calculations to answer the questions that have long perplexed biologists and astrophysicists: Is it mathematically possible that accidental processes caused the formation of the first form of living matter from non-living matter? Could accidental processes have caused the formation of a universe compatible with life? Are current self-organization scenarios for the formation of the first living matter plausible? Overman reviews the influence of metaphysical assumptions in logical analysis, and discusses the principles of logic applicable to these questions, examining the limitations of verbal and mathematical logic.
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