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Author : Robert Rosen
Release : 2013-12-19
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 193/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Optimality Principles in Biology by : Robert Rosen
Download or read book Optimality Principles in Biology written by Robert Rosen. This book was released on 2013-12-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gabriele A. Losa
Release : 2006-03-30
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Rating : 128/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fractals in Biology and Medicine by : Gabriele A. Losa
Download or read book Fractals in Biology and Medicine written by Gabriele A. Losa. This book was released on 2006-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is number four in a series of proceedings volumes from the International Symposia on Fractals in Biology and Medicine in Ascona, Switzerland which have been inspired by the work of Benoît Mandelbrot seeking to extend the concepts towards the life sciences. It highlights the potential that fractal geometry offers for elucidating and explaining the complex make-up of cells, tissues and biological organisms either in normal or in pathological conditions.
Author : Sara Green
Release : 2016-12-15
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 000/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Philosophy of Systems Biology by : Sara Green
Download or read book Philosophy of Systems Biology written by Sara Green. This book was released on 2016-12-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of systems biology raises many fascinating questions: What does it mean to take a systems approach to problems in biology? To what extent is the use of mathematical and computational modelling changing the life sciences? How does the availability of big data influence research practices? What are the major challenges for biomedical research in the years to come? This book addresses such questions of relevance not only to philosophers and biologists but also to readers interested in the broader implications of systems biology for science and society. The book features reflections and original work by experts from across the disciplines including systems biologists, philosophers, and interdisciplinary scholars investigating the social and educational aspects of systems biology. In response to the same set of questions, the experts develop and defend their personal perspectives on the distinctive character of systems biology and the challenges that lie ahead. Readers are invited to engage with different views on the questions addressed, and may explore numerous themes relating to the philosophy of systems biology. This edited work will appeal to scholars and all levels, from undergraduates to researchers, and to those interested in a variety of scholarly approaches such as systems biology, mathematical and computational modelling, cell and molecular biology, genomics, systems theory, and of course, philosophy of biology.
Author : Marta Bertolaso
Release : 2019-01-04
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 984/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Biological Robustness by : Marta Bertolaso
Download or read book Biological Robustness written by Marta Bertolaso. This book was released on 2019-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews examples and notions of robustness at several levels of biological organization. It tackles many philosophical and conceptual issues and casts an outlook on the future challenges of robustness studies in the context of a practice-oriented philosophy of science. The focus of discussion is on concrete case studies. These highlight the necessity of a level-dependent description of robust biological behaviors.Experts from the neurosciences, biochemistry, ecology, biology, and the history and the philosophy of life sciences provide a multiplex perspective on the topic. Contributions span from protein folding, to cell-level robustness, to organismal and developmental robustness, to sensorimotor systems, up to the robustness of ecological systems.Several chapters detail neurobiological case-studies. The brain, the poster child of plasticity in biology, offers multiple examples of robustness. Neurobiology explores the importance of temporal organization and multiscalarity in making this robustness-with-plasticity possible. The discussion also includes structures well beyond the brain, such as muscles and the complex feedback loops involved in the peculiar robustness of music perception. Overall, the volume grounds general reflections upon concrete case studies, opening to all the life sciences but also to non-biological and bio-inspired fields such as post-modern engineering. It will appeal to researchers, students, as well as non-expert readers.
Author : Robert S. Cohen
Release : 2012-12-06
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 564/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Logical and Epistemological Studies in Contemporary Physics by : Robert S. Cohen
Download or read book Logical and Epistemological Studies in Contemporary Physics written by Robert S. Cohen. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1969/1972
