Perspectives on Organisms: Biological Time, Symmetries and Singularities

By Giuseppe Longo and Mael Montevil

Introduction.- Scaling and scale symmetries in biological systems.- A 2-dimensional geometry for biological time.- Protention and retention in biological systems.- Symmetry and symmetry breakings in physics.- Critical phase transitions.- From physics to biology by extending criticality and symmetry Breakings.- Biological phase spaces and enablement.- Biological order as a consequence of randomness: Anti-entropy and symmetry changes.- A philosophical survey on how we moved from Physics to Biology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662512297
• ISBN13: 9783662512296
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"