Audio / Video

Freeman Dyson on the origins of life :

  • 01:15:55

Description

Professor Dyson draws equations to present his mathematical model for the origin of life. He talks about the random drift from disordered to ordered situation and explains the transition from a "neutral model" (disorder) to the Darwinian selection (order).

Details

Title

Freeman Dyson on the origins of life :

Creator

Dyson, Freeman J.

Creator

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Astronomy.

Variant Title

Abstract model for the origin of life

Published

[Berkeley] :, [University of California, Educational Television Office],, 1982.

Series

Hitchcock lecture ;

Subject (Topic)

Life

Random walks (Mathematics)

Vie

Marches aléatoires (Mathématiques)

Random walks (Mathematics)

Type

two-dimensional moving image

Extent

1 online resource (1 streaming video file.).

Note

Second of the 1982 Hitchcock lectures sponsored by the Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, delivered on November 4, 1982.

Tracks

376.mp4 01:15:55

Linked Resources

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