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The Calculus of Life = Towards a Theory of Life /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The Calculus of Life/ by Andrés Moya.
其他題名:	Towards a Theory of Life /
作者:	Moya, Andrés.
面頁冊數:	XIII, 95 p.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Medicine. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16970-5
ISBN:	9783319169705

The Calculus of Life = Towards a Theory of Life /
Moya, Andrés.

The Calculus of LifeTowards a Theory of Life /[electronic resource] :by Andrés Moya. - 1st ed. 2015. - XIII, 95 p.online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Biology,2192-2179. - SpringerBriefs in Biology,.

Theoretical Biology and evolutionary theory -- Chance and necessity -- Tinkering and evolution -- Concepts for a Theoretical Biology -- General systems theory and Systems Biology -- Logic, Computation and Biology -- Life -- Algorithmic Chemistry -- The Spaces of Evolution -- Computing the cell -- Gödel and the Blind Watchmaker -- In conclusion: Goethe's dream -- Subject Index.

This book explores the exciting world of theoretical biology and is divided into three sections. The first section examines the roles played by renowned scientists such as Jacob, Monod, Rosen, Turing, von Bertalanffy, Waddington and Woodger in developing the field of theoretical biology. The second section, aided with numerous examples, supports the idea that logic and computing are suitable formal languages to describe and understand biological phenomena. The third and final section is, without doubt, the most intellectually challenging and endeavors to show the possible paths we could take to compute a cell - the basic unit of life - or the conditions required for a predictive theory of biological evolution; ultimately, a theory of life in the light of modern Systems Biology. The work aims to show that modern biology is closer than ever to making Goethe's dream come true and that we have reached a point where synthetic and analytical traditions converge to shed light on the living being as a whole.

ISBN: 9783319169705

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-16970-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

644133
Medicine.

LC Class. No.: R-RZ

Dewey Class. No.: 610

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