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Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution by Mikhail V. Volkenstein
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"Mr. Wolkenstein's Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution, whether or not it proves to give the ultimate truth on the matters with which it deals, certainly deserves, by its breadth and scope and profundity, to be considered an impor­ tant event in the philosophical world." This is a quotation from an introduction written by Bertrand Russell for Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I exchanged only name and subject. As for the rest, I could continue quoting Russell, but I would rather say something myself. As Wittgenstein did with formal logic, Wolkenstein rectifies our views on how to approach the logic of life from a formal theoretical basis. Many bio­ logists do not believe that their subject lends itself to the scrutiny of physical theory. They certainly admit that one can simulate biological phenomena by models that can be expressed in a mathematical form. However, they do not believe that biology can be given a theoretical foundation that is defined within the general framework of physics. Rather, they insist on a holistic approach, banning any reduction to fundamental principles subject to physical theory.
Release date Australia
December 13th, 2011
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Foreword by M. Eigen
  • Translated by A. Beknazarov
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
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XIII, 399 p.
Pages
399
Dimensions
156x234x21
ISBN-13
9783642787904
Product ID
20772254

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