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2 “..."Explores the theoretical implications of teleonomy, an evolved purposeness exhibited by living...”

3 Table of Contents: “... and Fate of Living Systems -- SETI - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life -- Optimizing Space...”

4 Table of Contents: “... Of Biosemiotics? Information In Living Systems -- Semiotic Scaffolding Of Living Systems -- Biosemiotics...”

5 Table of Contents: “... -- The Semiotics of Nature: Code-Duality -- Information and Semiosis in Living Systems: A Semiotic Approach...”

6 “... materials, how living systems can be integrated into architecture and cooperate along different time scales....”

7 “... the health of humans, but also the health of all living systems. Considering that our natural resources...”

8 “..., paleobiology, biochemistry, and space science who work together to understand the evolution of living systems...”

9 “... and modern biology to evolutionary scenarios on other worlds; -looks at the future fates of living systems...”

10 Table of Contents: “... of living systems from a world of biological membranes -- Orthology: promises and challenges -- Prehistoric...”

11 “... it plays in living systems. It opens up new avenues for exploring how cells and organisms change and adapt...”

12 Table of Contents: “... and the Organization of Living Systems -- 1.8 Competition and Human Societies -- 1.9 Conclusion -- 2 Resources -- 2.1...”

13 Table of Contents: “...Section I: An Introductory Overview -- Structure, Complexity and Chaos in Living Systems -- Probing...”

14 “... of Maturana and Varela that all living systems are cognitive, in a certainsense, and that living as a process...”

15 “...Evolution and Open Systems (Granville Sewell) Information and Thermodynamics in Living Systems...”

16 Table of Contents: “... Panarchy and Evolution -- 12.10 Thermodynamic Requirements for Living Systems on Other Planets...”

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