Overview
- Logic and Computation are appropriate formal languages for Biology
- We have a theory of evolution, but a theory of life is still lacking
- Evolution is predictable if it is progressive
- Throwing light on the living being as a whole
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Biology (BRIEFSBIOL)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Logic and Computing
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The Cell and Evolution
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Calculus of Life
Book Subtitle: Towards a Theory of Life
Authors: Andrés Moya
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16970-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-16969-9Published: 22 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16970-5Published: 13 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2192-2179
Series E-ISSN: 2192-2187
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 95
Topics: Biomedicine general, Life Sciences, general, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Systems Biology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary