J. T. Trevors and L. Masson Quantum Microbiology Curr. Issues Mol. Biol. 13: 43-50, 2011 http://www.horizonpress.com/cimb/v/v13/43.pdf A couple of sentence from the abstract to show what the paper is about. “During his famous 1943 lecture series at Trinity College Dublin, the renown physicist Erwin Schrödinger discussed the failure and challenges of interpreting life by classical [...]
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March 6, 2011 by Evgenii Rudnyi · Leave a Comment
Filed under: biology, philosophy
Social Tagging: Bruno Marchal • everything-list
Filed under: biology, philosophy
Social Tagging: Bruno Marchal • everything-list
http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list/t/37514d7224e09703 Discussion that I have started on the everything-list. Below some answers from Bruno. Embryogenesis fits very well. The second recursion theorem of Kleene provides the conceptual solution of a problem given by Descartes: how to build a machine capable of self-reproduction. I have explained the ‘trick’ sometimes. I use a generalisation by John Case [...]
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html Quite an interesting talk. Some quotes: There is about a trillion human cells that make each one of us who we are and able to do all the things that we do, but you have 10 trillion bacterial cells in you or on you at any moment in your life. So, 10 times more [...]
February 19, 2011 by Evgenii Rudnyi · Leave a Comment
Filed under: biology, thermodynamics
Social Tagging: entropy • information
Filed under: biology, thermodynamics
Social Tagging: entropy • information
J. theor. Biol. (1970) 28, 411-413 Note on Complex Systems STUART A. NEWMAN http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-5193(70)90078-0 A short paper that states: A view is presented which argues that hierarchically organized, complex systems are in no sense unlikely to come about in a world in which thermodynamics is operative, and that they, in fact, often represent states of [...]
Epigenetic learning in non-neural organisms SIMONA GINSBURG, and EVA JABLONKA J. Biosci. 33(4), October 2008 http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/gins68.pdf A pretty interesting paper. A good starting point is the definition of Epigenetics. Definition of learning in the paper: We therefore say that simple forms of learning occurred when: (i) One or more inputs (e.g. external sensory stimuli or [...]
January 24, 2011 by Evgenii Rudnyi · Leave a Comment
Filed under: biology, physics
Social Tagging: embryophysics
Filed under: biology, physics
Social Tagging: embryophysics
A small discussion after reading the second chapter Embryogenesis Explained: http://groups.google.com/group/embryophysics/t/e6e3fc7f01bba750
There was an announcement from NASA What is Consuming Hydrogen and Acetylene on Titan? http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/titan20100603.html Two new papers based on data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft scrutinize the complex chemical activity on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan. While non-biological chemistry offers one possible explanation, some scientists believe these chemical signatures bolster the argument for a [...]
January 15, 2011 by Evgenii Rudnyi · Leave a Comment
Filed under: biology, philosophy
Social Tagging: embryophysics • teleology
Filed under: biology, philosophy
Social Tagging: embryophysics • teleology
Christopher John Chetland Does biology need a new theory of explanation? An investigation into the possibility of moving past the limits of mechanistic and teleological descriptions of organisms: a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand http://muir.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/1169 Chris has [...]
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