Viruses in all Dimensions

How an Information Code Controls Viruses, Software and Microorganisms

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Yet these mechanisms are amazingly similar in the animate world, in the world of viruses, and even in the world of technical systems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-03-31
Mått:127 x 203 x 11 mm
Vikt:190 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:156
Förlag:Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
ISBN:9783658388256
Originaltitel:Viren in allen Dimensionen

Utforska kategorier

Informationsteknik: allmänt inom Data och IT
Biomedicinsk teknik inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

The author Rafael Ball holds a PhD in biology, is a historian of science and a librarian. He is director of the ETH-Bibliothek Zurich and lecturer in library science and management at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden. For many years he has been concerned with questions of information theory, science communication and the effects of digitisation on science and society in the present and the future. He is the author of numerous relevant publications, editor of information science journals and speaker at meetings and conferences.

Innehållsförteckning

Viruses, microorganisms and molecular genetics.- What is life?.-Basic concepts of molecular genetics.- Viruses and early genetics.- Algorithms and self-replicating computer programs.- What is information?.- Coding of information in technology and biology.- Coevolution of life and technology.