Is information a proper observable for biological organization?

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 108-114

  Longo, G ^a   Miquel, P A ^b   Sonnenschein, C ^c   Soto, A M ^c  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

^b University Aix Marseille 1   (France)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Code; Complexity; Determinism; Entropy; Program; Signal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; ENTROPY; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 84864543987     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2012.06.004     Document Type: Review

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