Are attractors 'strange', or is life more complicated than the simple laws of physics?

被引：4

作者：

Pogun, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ege Univ, Ctr Brain Res, TR-35100 Izmir, Turkey

[2] Ege Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol, TR-35100 Izmir, Turkey

来源：

BIOSYSTEMS | 2001年 / 63卷 / 1-3期

关键词：

biological systems; unobservable; brain;

D O I：

10.1016/S0303-2647(01)00150-2

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Interesting and intriguing questions involve complex systems whose properties cannot be explained fully by reductionist approaches. Last century was dominated by physics, and applying the simple laws of physics to biology appeared to be a practical solution to understand living organisms. However, although some attributes of living organisms involve physico-chemical properties, the genetic program and evolutionary history of complex biological systems make them unique and unpredictable. Furthermore, there are and will be 'unobservable' phenomena in biology which have to be accounted for. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：101 / 114

页数：14

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