Perspectives on Organisms

Name: Perspectives on Organisms
Brand: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
SKU: 9783642359378
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Autor: Giuseppe Longo, Maël Montévil

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

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This authored monograph introduces a genuinely theoretical approach to biology. Starting point is th...

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Autor

Giuseppe Longo, Maël Montévil

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

2013

Stránek

283

EAN

9783642359378

ISBN

364235937X

Enbook ID

01662926

Vydavatel

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Hmotnost

600

Rozměry

243 x 162 x 21

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This authored monograph introduces a genuinely theoretical approach to biology. Starting point is the investigation of empirical biological scaling including their variability, which is found in the literature, e.g. allometric relationships, fractals, etc. The book then analyzes two different aspects of biological time: first, a supplementary temporal dimension to accommodate proper biological rhythms; secondly, the concepts of pretension and retention as a means of local organization of time in living organisms. Moreover, the book investigates the role of symmetry in biology, in view of its ubiquitous importance in physics. In relation with the notion of extended critical transitions, the book proposes that organisms and their evolution can be characterized by continued symmetry changes, which accounts for the irreducibility of their historicity. The authors also introduce the concept of anti-entropy as a measure for the potential of variability, being equally understood as alterations in symmetry. By this, the book provides a mathematical account of Gould s analysis of phenotypic complexity with respect to biological evolution. The target audience primarily comprises researchers in the field of theoretical biology as well as in philosophy, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students who want to enter this field.

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