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The study of the birth and evolution of the Universe and its connection with life is one of the most interesting inquiries of physics and philosophy.

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Procacci, S. (1999). Complexity as the Nodal Point for a Phenomenology of Life. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Life Scientific Philosophy, Phenomenology of Life and the Sciences of Life. Analecta Husserliana, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2079-3_15

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