Theoretical biology is still in its early stages as an academic
discipline. There is even little agreement as to what topics it
should deal with or in what manner it should precede; and it is
only recently that philosophers felt called upon to notice the
relevance of biological topics as evolution or perception to their
traditional problems. This work is a publication of the
International Union of Biological Sciences, the central
organization of all the branches of biology. The main focus here is
to explore the possibility of formulating some frame of concepts
and methods around which theoretical biology can grow.
The intention of this collective effort was that discussions
would be concerned, not with the theory of particular biological
processes, such as membrane permeability, genetics, and neural
activity, but rather with an attempt to discover and formulate
general concepts and logical relations characteristic of living as
contrasted with inorganic systems. Further, this project is a
consideration of implications these might have for general
philosophy. Many well-known scientists contributed to this volume,
such as J. Maynard Smith, Ernst Mayr, Brian Goodwin, and Renu
Thom.
"The Origin of Life: Toward a Theoretical Biology" explores the
character of the problems facing any theory of general biology. It
contains a series of chapters and exchanges discussing such topics
as the origin of life, cellular differentiation, morphogensis,
evolution, and indeterminacy in biological and physical systems,
the organization of the brain, the statistical mechanics of
non-linear oscillators, and many other topics. This is a pioneering
volume by recognized leaders in an emerging field--the first of
four such works.
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