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DNA Information: Laws of Perception / by Georgi Muskhelishvili.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muskhelishvili, G. D., author.
- Series:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)
- SpringerBriefs in biochemistry and molecular biology 2211-9353
- SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2211-9353
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical genetics.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Biology--Philosophy.
- Biology.
- Genetic engineering.
- Gene Function.
- Evolutionary Biology.
- Philosophy of Biology.
- Genetic Engineering.
- Local Subjects:
- Gene Function.
- Evolutionary Biology.
- Philosophy of Biology.
- Genetic Engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VIII, 92 pages) : 24 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- First edition 2015.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book explores the double coding property of DNA, which is manifested in the digital and analog information types as two interdependent codes. This double coding principle can be applied to all living systems, from the level of the individual cell to entire social systems, seen as systems of communication. Further topics discussed include the ubiquitous problem of logical typing, which reflects our inherent incapacity to simultaneously perceive discontinuity and continuity, the problem of time, and the peculiarities of autopoietic living systems. It is shown that the scientific "truths" that appear to be coherent constructions connecting the scientifically verified observations by the rules of logic are in fact always relative and never absolute.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Some facts about our Universe
- Problems of logical typing: The "one" and the "unity"
- Logical typing and the notion of time in biology
- Organisation of the genetic system: Proteins as vehicles of distinction
- Harnessing energy and information: Time-irreversibility of thermodynamics
- Social communications and logical typing in the social system.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-319-17425-9
- 9783319174259
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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