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emergence: life and death
Name: Paul Grobs (pgrobste@brynmawr)
Date: 11/29/2002 12:52
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Ted provided some useful information through our listserv, as follows:

* 29 October 2002: Per Bak, Physicist of Sudden Change, Dies at 54 - 
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/29/obituaries/29BAK.html?ex=1038120911&ei=1&en=7f4b5faf87051ad1
* 5 November 2002: Art Winfree, 60, Scientist Who Studied Biological Rhythms, Is Dead - 
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/22/obituaries/22WINF.html
* 10 November 2002: René Thom, 79, Inventor of Catastrophe Theory, Dies - 
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/10/obituaries/10THOM.html?ex=1038120622&ei=1&en=2f8c8a6c128d3dd0

Anne expressed some concern about the trend. I replied:

Calm down. Interesting issue, hope we can get the group to it:
DEATH is an ESSENTIAL element of "emergence'

1. Second law of thermodynamics
2. Some VERY interesting theory/ongoing story-telling about "Maxwell's Demon"

Might be worth picking up on this theme next semester.

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