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galaxies in the Universe, and (iii) the discovery in 1929 by Hubble

(1889–1953) that our Universe is not static as assumed by Newton and

Einstein but rapidly expanding. Although there is no theoretical reason

why these three breakthroughs in astronomy should have any counter-

parts in biology, they motivated me to look for three comparable break-

throughs in biology beyond the living cell which I tentatively identify

with (i) the human-centered biology (embodied in the Piscatawaytor

proposed in 1991; see Section 3.2.20), (ii) the earth-centered biology

(embodied in the Princetonator model of the origin of life proposed in

1991; see Section 4.9), and (iii) the cosmos or mind-centered biology

Table P1 A comparison between cosmology and biology [471–473].

Cosmology (External Universe) Biology (Internal Universe)

1 Earth-centered Universe with ~10^3 stars

(Aristotle, 4th century BC; Ptolemy, c. 100 AD)

DNA-centered biology (Watson and

Crick, 1953)

2 Sun-centered Universe with ~10^3 stars

(Copernicus, 1543)

Cell-centered biology (the

Bhopalator, 1985)

3 Sun at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy

with ~10^11 –10^12 stars (Jacobus Kapteyn,

early 20th century)

Human-centered biology (the

Piscatawaytor, 1991)

4 Sun at the periphery of the Milky Way Galaxy

with ~10^11 –10^12 stars (Curtis Shapely, 1917)

Biosphere-centered biology (?) (the

Princetonator, 1991)

5 The Universe contains 10^11 –10^12 galaxies with

~10^22 –10^24 stars (Hubble, 1929)

Mind/consciousness-centered biology

(?) (the Shillongator, 1991)

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Retrieved from https://en.wiki-

pedia.org/wiki/Cytoskeleton

Galaxies and galaxy clusters (left panel) and

5 galaxy clusters (right panel). Retrieved from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_cluster.

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