From complexity to life: on the emergence of life and meaning

Pt 1. Defining complexity. Randomness and mathematical proof / Gregory J. Chaitin ; How to define complexity in physics, and why / Charles H. Bennett

Pt 2. The concept of information in physics and biology. The emergence of autonomous agents / Stuart Kauffman ; Complexity and the arrow of time / Paul Davies ; Can evolutionary algorithms generate specified complexity? / William A. Dembski ; The second law of gravitics and the fourth law of thermodynamics / Ian Stewart ; Two arrows from a mighty bow / Werner R. Loewenstein

Pt 3. Philosophical and religious perspectives. Emergence of transcendence / Harold J. Morowitz ; Complexity, emergence, and divine creativity / Arthur Peacocke ; From anthropic design to self-organized complexity / Niels Henrik Gregersen.