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Andrés Moya

The Calculus of Life Towards a Theory of Life 123

SpringerBriefs in Biology

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Andrés Moya

The Calculus of Life Towards a Theory of Life

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Andrés Moya University of Valencia Valencia Spain and Valencian Region Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research Valencia Spain

ISSN  2192-2179 ISSN  2192-2187  (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Biology ISBN 978-3-319-16969-9 ISBN 978-3-319-16970-5  (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16970-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015936291 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

Part I  Biology 1

Theoretical Biology and Evolutionary Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Four Great Biologists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 Theory of Evolution and Compositional Evolution. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2

Chance and Necessity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3

Tinkering and Evolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4

Concepts for a Theoretical Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5

General Systems Theory and Systems Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 5.1 Systems Biology in the Histo