The Calculus of Life Towards a Theory of Life /

• Main Author: Moya, Andrés (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Science.; Life sciences.; Systems biology.; Cell biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Life Sciences, general.; Cell Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Systems Biology.; Science, general.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.