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ISSN 2075-1729 www.mdpi.com/journal/life Article
Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life
Erik D. Andrulis
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University School of
Medicine, Wood Building, W212, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; E-Mail: exa32@case.edu;
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Received: 15 November 2011; in revised form: 10 December 2011 / Accepted: 13 December 2011 /
Published: 23 December 2011
Abstract: Life is an inordinately complex unsolved puzzle. Despite significant theoretical progress, experimental anomalies, paradoxes, and enigmas have revealed paradigmatic limitations. Thus, the advancement of scientific understanding requires new models that resolve fundamental problems. Here, I present a theoretical framework that economically fits evidence accumulated from examinations of life. This theory is based upon a straightforward and non-mathematical core model and proposes unique yet empirically consistent explanations for major phenomena including, but not limited to, quantum gravity, phase transitions of water, why living systems are predominantly CHNOPS
(carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur), homochirality of sugars and amino acids, homeoviscous adaptation, triplet code, and DNA mutations. The theoretical framework unifies the macrocosmic and microcosmic realms, validates predicted laws of nature, and solves the puzzle of the origin and evolution of cellular life in the universe.
Keywords: quantum; gyre; emergence; thermodynamics; singularity; natural law; adaptation; learning and memory
1. Introduction
How life abides by the second law of thermodynamics yet evolutionarily complexifies and maintains its intrinsic order is a fundamental mystery in physics, chemistry, and biology [1]. Solving this problem requires an interdisciplinary knowledge and an awareness of conventional