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Complexity and Analogy in Science: Theoretical, Methodological and Epistemological Aspects

Proceedings of the Plenary Session | 5-7 November 2012
W. Arber, J. Mittelstrass, and M. Sánchez Sorondo
Acta 22 | Vatican City, 2015
pp. 304 | ISBN 978-88-7761-106-2
DOI: 10.65398/LXEA3327

Contents

Towards a Sustainable Use of Natural Resources by Respecting the Laws of Nature

Werner Arber

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Life’s Biochemical Complexity

Rafael Vicuña

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L'infini

Jean-Michel Maldamé

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Kolmogorov Complexity as a Hidden Factor of Scientific Discourse: From Newton's Law to Data Mining

Yuri I. Manin

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Complexity, Reductionism, and Holism in Science and Philosophy of Science

Jürgen Mittelstraß

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Complexity in Chemistry: From Disorder to Order

Gerhard Ertl

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Deciphering Complexity in Biology: Induction of Embryonic Cell Differentiation by Morphogen Gradients

Edward M. De Robertis

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Educating to Complexity: A Challenge

Pierre Léna

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Interaction Between Two Readings: The Naturalistic and the Socratic “Know Thyself”

Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo

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Scaling Laws in Complex Systems

Rudolf Muradyan

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Glimpses of the Nanoworld

Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao

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From Big Bang to Biospheres: The Scope and Limits of Explanation

Martin J. Rees

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Complexity in Space Engineering

K. Kasturirangan

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Complexity as Substrate for Neuronal Computations

Wolf J. Singer

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Analogy, Identity, Equivalence

Michael Heller

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