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==Life-like Processes in Inorganic Systems==
==Crystals==
=== planets ===
=== structure ===
Despite Miller's definition of living systems, their hierarchization might appear interesting at the levels introduced, which include atoms, organizations, and supranational systems. The definition also proposes that there is a non-living system on both sides of the hierarchy. On one side, there are inorganic molecules and, on the other side, inorganic planets and galaxies that demonstrate self-organized processes.
Crystal atom lattice with periodic order and glass having no periodic order of atoms
 
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Image:2-what-is-glass2.png| Crystal and glass
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More: [http://www.isss.org/primer/earthsys.htm Miller, J. G. (1982). “The earth as a system.”]
more: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal wikipedia]


==Life-like Processes in Inorganic Systems==
=== chemical elements and chemical compounds ===
=== chemical elements and chemical compounds ===
For example, carbon itself, in the form of a crystal, is considered to be inorganic, but carbon as one element of some compound, wherein part of it is, for example, water, is considered necessary element for forming organic matter (consider alcohol, C2H6O, or methane, CH4). The complexity of defining living systems suggests that, even in the sciences, the border between the living and non-living varies depending on the context, and, therefore, it might be that the concept of life in the context of the human-machine distinction should be approached differently.
For example, carbon itself, in the form of a crystal, is considered to be inorganic, but carbon as one element of some compound, wherein part of it is, for example, water, is considered necessary element for forming organic matter (consider alcohol, C2H6O, or methane, CH4). The complexity of defining living systems suggests that, even in the sciences, the border between the living and non-living varies depending on the context, and, therefore, it might be that the concept of life in the context of the human-machine distinction should be approached differently.
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image:3-snowflakes.png| Snowflakes. Source: A New Kind of Science: Stephen Wolfram
image:3-snowflakes.png| Snowflakes. Source: A New Kind of Science: Stephen Wolfram
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==Crystals==
=== structure ===
Crystal atom lattice with periodic order and glass having no periodic order of atoms
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Image:2-what-is-glass2.png| Crystal and glass
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more: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal wikipedia]


=== crystallization and cellular automata ===
=== crystallization and cellular automata ===
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== Examples ==
== Examples ==
=== Joe Davis, Bacterial Radio ===
[http://www.biofaction.com/synth-ethic/?p=44 Joe Davis, Bacterial Radio]
=== Carsten Nicolai “Snow Noise” ===
=== Carsten Nicolai “Snow Noise” ===
[http://www.carstennicolai.de/?c=works&w=snow_noise Carsten Nicolai “Snow Noise”]
[http://www.carstennicolai.de/?c=works&w=snow_noise Carsten Nicolai “Snow Noise”]
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==Presentation on Salt crystals by Liese Endler==
 
'''Presentation on Salt crystals by Liese Endler'''


In WS2014/15 I started working with Magnesium sulfate and Aluminum potassium sulfate. To get a saturated solution that will start growing crystals I used following receipts:
In WS2014/15 I started working with Magnesium sulfate and Aluminum potassium sulfate. To get a saturated solution that will start growing crystals I used following receipts:
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