Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

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Table 1.3 The laws, principles and concepts from science and engineering that were

incorporated into biocybernetics, a general molecular theory of life.

Discipline Laws, Principles and Concepts

Physics

Newtonian mechanics

Thermodynamics

Statistical mechanics

Quantum mechanics

Solid state physics

General relativity

Deterministic chaos

Chemistry

Structural theory

Kinetic theory

Engineering

Information theory

Communication theory

Cybernetics

1. Mechanical energy


2. Free energy


3. Entropy


4. Dissipative structures


5. Thermal fluctuations


6. Quantum of action


7. Franck–Condon principle


8. Strong force


9. Gauge fields


10. Complementarity


11. Solitons


12. Phase transitions


13. Frustrations


14. Curved spacetime


15. Strange attractors


16. Sensitive dependence on initial conditions


17. Conformational energy


18. Chemical energy


19. Binding energy


20. Self-organization


21. Shannon information


22. Minimum energy for information transfer


23. Communication system


24. Maximum information principle


25. Machine or systems concept


26. Law of requisite variety
    Source: Reproduced from [19, Table 5].

Physicists study the principles that apply to all phenomena; biologists

study phenomena to which all principles apply. (1.1)

In view of the potential importance of this statement, we may refer to

it as the “Simpson conjecture”, the “Simpson thesis”, or the “Simpson

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