Why do we need signs in biological systems?

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 497-511

  Neuman, Yair ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gregory Bateson; Interdisciplinary research in biology; Physics of computation; Polanyi; Semiotics and biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644447864     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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