THE INFORMATION LADDER -- J. A. Gowan and A. T. Jaccaci July, 2008
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/jag8/index.html
Author 4 Conservation Laws Connected in Triplets = Cosmos .
Jaccaci ->
Gowan ->
Land ->
Gather
Unit
Accretive
Repeat
Pair
Replicative
Share
Group
Mutualistic
Transform
Emergent New Unit
Transformative
.
(level) MICROPHYSICAL REALM (3 families of 4 particles; 3 quarks x 4 charges) G
A
T
H
E
R
Particles,
Baryons
Big Bang, Light;
"Higgs Cascade";
(2.7K Background,
Particle Accelerators)
Space-Time
Matter-Antimatter
Electric/Magnetic
Baryons, Gluons;
3 Quarks, 4 Charges:
color, flavor, electric, spin
Symmetry-breaking;
IVBs, Higgs, Leptons;
Neutrinos, Mesons;
Baryons, Atoms
Atoms,
Elements
Baryons, Hydrogen
(Fission-Fusion;
Man-Made Elements)
Electron-Neutrino
Proton-Neutron
Lepton-Fermion
Alpha Particle (Helium Nucleus)
4 Nucleons each of 3 Quarks;
Carbon: 3 Alpha Particles
Periodic Table Elements
Atomic Nucleus,
Electron Shell
Molecules,
Crystals
Heavy Elements;
(Magnetism and
Electricity, Chemistry,
Crystallography)
Electron Shell
Bonding;
Spin Pairs;
Atomic Pairs (H2)
Carbon: 4 Bonding Sites
in the 3rd Shell;
Tetrahedral Bonding;
Water: Tetrahedral Bonding
Molecules;
Organic Polymers;
Crystal Growth
and Cloning
Cyclic
Chemical
Systems
RNA/DNA
Organic Polymers,
Crystals
(Prebiotic Chemistry,
Control of Fire)
Hydrogen Bonding
Base Pairing
RNA/DNA: AT, CG
Double Helix
Metabolic RNA/DNA;
4 Nucleotides each of
3 Chemical Groups:
Sugar, Phosphate, N - Base
Cyclic
Chemical Systems:
RNA/DNA Replication;
Competition, Evolution
(level) BIOPHYSICAL REALM (DNA: 4 nucleotides each of 3 chemical groups; 4 nucleotides code in triplets) R
E
P
E
A
T
Cell
(Life)
RNA/DNA;
Chemical Systems;
(Genome Decoding)
DNA:
Reproduction;
Genetic Replication
Genetic Code; 4 Nucleotides
Code in Triplets; Nucleus,
Organelles, Symbionts
Cell: Collective
System Identity: "Life";
"Self"; Membrane
Organism Cell
(Cloning, Stem Cells)
Cell Division
Meiosis-Mitosis
Specialized Organs;
Perception, Brain;
Memory
Organism:
Collective Cellular
Identity; Skin
Species Organism
(Plant and Animal
Breeding;
Libraries; Natural Law)
Sexual Reproduction;
Male-Female
Population Genetics;
Social Organization;
Abstract Communication;
Government
Species:
Social Identity
Closed Genome
Gaia
(Planet
Earth)
Species
(Genetic Engineering,
Terra-Forming)
Speciation
Tetraploids,
Hybrids
Ecosystem Mutualisms;
Biogeochemical Cycles
4 Seasons of 3 Months
Gaia: Earth-Life;
Atmosphere; Gravity;
Magnetosphere
(level) ASTROPHYSICAL REALM (gravitation: 4 third-order equations; Kepler: 3 laws in 4-D) S
H
A
R
E
Star Planet
Current Technology:
Earth Satellites
Space Station, NASA
Earth-Sun;
Earth-Moon;
Space Program
Kepler's 3 Laws of
Planetary Motion in 4-D
Solar System Exploration
Central Sun
Star:
Energy, Light;
Nuclear Fusion;
Gravitational Orbits
Galaxy Star
Current Research;
Science Fiction;
Aliens; (SETI)
Binary Stars;
Sun-Jupiter
Voyager
Nucleosynthetic Pathway:
Main Sequence Stars;
Galactic Structure: Spiral Arms;
Nucleus, Central Black Hole
Galaxy:
Heavy Element
Creation, Mixing,
Dispersal, Recycling
Universe Galaxy
Current Cosmology:
Unified Field Theory;
Limit of Science
Galactic Pairs;
Milky Way-
Andromeda
Gravitation:
Four 3 rd-order Equations;
Galactic Clusters and "Foam";
Central Massive Galaxies
4-D Universe:
Space, Time;
Electromagnetic Energy;
Matter, Charges, Forces
Multiverse;
First Cause
Universe
Metaphysics;
Anthropic Principle;
Natural Philosophy
Universe Pairs;
Antiuniverse
Antimatter
Big Bang:
4-D Center of Universe;
Trinity; Tetragrammaton;
4 Conservation Laws in Triplets
Multiverse;
First Cause; God;
Quantum Origin?
Physical Constants

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