Is defining life pointless? Operational definitions at the frontiers of biology
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Is defining life pointless? Operational definitions at the frontiers of biology
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Definitions of life, Integration, Origins of life, Artificial life, Synthetic biology, Astrobiology, Philosophy of science in practice
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Springer Nature
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2017-04-18
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10.1007/s11229-017-1397-9
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