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Published on: November 1, 2007
Bridging the gap between physics and biology
1Department of Embryology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia. ivolodyaev@mail.ru
Abstract:
The work is devoted to the historical development of physics and biology. Various aspects of their interactions are shown: antagonism, mutual penetration and a lot of bridges, built or being built between them. The gradual "evolution of the world picture" from going away of the "pre-scientific" animated Universe and the appearance of mechanicism and vitalism to the development of systems and field approaches is traced. The last part of the paper is concerned with some present-day works at the joint between physics and biology.
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