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This volume is the proceedings of a workshop to discuss the recent work on complex systems in physics and biology, its epistemological and cultural implications, and its effect for the development of these two sciences. The workshop is geared towards physicists, biologists, and science historians.

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Author:   Claudio Pellegrini ,  Paola Cerrai ,  Paolo Freguglia ,  Vieri Benci
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.270kg
ISBN:  

9780306474729

ISBN 10:   0306474727
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   31 January 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. Contributing Authors. Part I: Physics. Complexity and emergence of meaning; F.T. Arecchi. A geometric optics experiment to simulate the betatronic motion; A. Bazzani, et al. Some remarks on the arrow of time and the notion of information; V. Benci. How real is the quantum world?; M. Cini. Decoherence and classical behaviour in quantum mechanics; G. Dell'Antonio, et al. Scaling laws: microscopic and macroscopic behavior; R. Esposito. Measure of diffusion entropy of weak turbulence; L. Galeotti, et al. Complexity in physics of an adhesive tape; B. Giorgini, et al. Reflections about the time arrow; A. Lepschy. The big computer. Complexity and computability in physical universe; I. Licata. On the uniqueness or multiplicity of physical theories; C. Pellegrini. An interplay between determinism and one-parameter semigroups; S. Romanelli. From dynamical systems to complex systems; G. Turchetti. Part II: Biology. Shape and size in biology and medicine; V. Capasso. Assessment of the quality of waters and the environment; N. Ceccopieri, R. Banchetti. Synchronization of neocortical interneurons; S. Chillemi, et al. The fractal borderland; G. Damiani. Emergent properties and complexity for biological theories; P. Freguglia. Ignoring complex interactions in natural ecosystems; M. Giovannetti. A compression algorithm as a complexity measure on DNA sequences; G. Menconi. Reductionism and history: the biology between Scylla and Charybdis; R. Morchio. A characterization for a set of trinucleotides to be a circular code; G. Pirillo. Deterministic and random components of over time evolution; G. Pulina, et al. Toward creating life in a test tube; M. Rizzotti. Phylogenies and the new evolutionarysynthesis; F. Santini. Cell system complexity and biological evolution; M. Sara Self-organization and prebiotic environment; S. Traverso. Part III: History and Philosophy of Science. James and Freud on physical determinism; P. Casini. Probabilistic aspects in George D. Berkhoff's work; L. Dell'Aglio. The metamorphosis of holism; E. Gagliasso. Early approaches to the management of complexity; A. Millan Gasca. The dignity of the natural sciences; P. Omodeo. Holism: some historical aspects; S. Procacci. Towards a history of complexity; T.M. Tonietti.

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