At every action, no matter by whom performed, make it a practice to ask yourself, “What is his object in doing this?” But begin with yourself; put this question to yourself first of all.
— Marcus Aurelius , Meditations

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Cull - The mathematical biophysics of Nicolas Rashevsky

Monday, May 7th, 2007

Paul Cull has a paper entitled “The mathematical biophysics of Nicolas Rashevsky“ in the journal BioSystems, Volume 88, Issue 3, April 2007, Pages 178-184.
Link: doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.11.003 
Abstract:
N. Rashevsky (1899–1972) was one of the pioneers in the application of mathematics to biology. With the slogan:
          mathematical biophysics : biology :: mathematical physics : physics,
he proposed the creation of a quantitative […]

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Aristotle, Rashevsky, Rosen - A common thread

Monday, May 7th, 2007

“Again, we do not regard any of the senses as wisdom; yet surely these give us the most authoritative knowledge of particulars. But they do not tell us the ‘why’ of anything - e.g., why fire is hot; they only say that it is hot.”

   - Aristotle, Metaphysics Book I Ch. 1

Robert Rosen made extensive […]

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