Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts

Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts

The “magic” word complexity evokes a multitude of meanings that obscure its real sense. Here we try and generate a bottom-up reconstruction of the deep sense of complexity by looking at the convergence of different features shared by complex systems. We specifically focus on complexity in biology bu...

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Main Authors: Mariano Bizzarri, Oleg Naimark, José Nieto-Villar, Valeria Fedeli, Alessandro Giuliani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
complexity
nonlinearity
system
symmetry breaking
emergence
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/8/885
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spelling doaj-292b4c982e8c4268880fbf9385f262f72020-11-25T03:13:33ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002020-08-012288588510.3390/e22080885Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key ConceptsMariano Bizzarri0Oleg Naimark1José Nieto-Villar2Valeria Fedeli3Alessandro Giuliani4Department of Experimental Medicine, University La Sapienza, via Scarpa 16, 00160 Rome, ItalyInstitute of Continuous Media Mechanics UB RAS, 614013 Perm, RussiaDepartment of Chemical-Physics, A. Alzola Group of Thermodynamics of Complex Systems of M.V. Lomonosov Chair, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Havana 10400, CubaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University La Sapienza, via Scarpa 16, 00160 Rome, ItalyNational Health Institute, 00161 Rome, ItalyThe “magic” word complexity evokes a multitude of meanings that obscure its real sense. Here we try and generate a bottom-up reconstruction of the deep sense of complexity by looking at the convergence of different features shared by complex systems. We specifically focus on complexity in biology but stressing the similarities with analogous features encountered in inanimate and artefactual systems in order to track an integrative path toward a new “mainstream” of science overcoming the actual fragmentation of scientific culture.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/8/885complexitynonlinearitysystemsymmetry breakingemergence
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author Mariano Bizzarri
Oleg Naimark
José Nieto-Villar
Valeria Fedeli
Alessandro Giuliani
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Oleg Naimark
José Nieto-Villar
Valeria Fedeli
Alessandro Giuliani
Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts
Entropy
complexity
nonlinearity
system
symmetry breaking
emergence
author_facet Mariano Bizzarri
Oleg Naimark
José Nieto-Villar
Valeria Fedeli
Alessandro Giuliani
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title Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts
title_short Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts
title_full Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts
title_fullStr Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts
title_full_unstemmed Complexity in Biological Organization: Deconstruction (and Subsequent Restating) of Key Concepts
title_sort complexity in biological organization: deconstruction (and subsequent restating) of key concepts
publisher MDPI AG
series Entropy
issn 1099-4300
publishDate 2020-08-01
description The “magic” word complexity evokes a multitude of meanings that obscure its real sense. Here we try and generate a bottom-up reconstruction of the deep sense of complexity by looking at the convergence of different features shared by complex systems. We specifically focus on complexity in biology but stressing the similarities with analogous features encountered in inanimate and artefactual systems in order to track an integrative path toward a new “mainstream” of science overcoming the actual fragmentation of scientific culture.
topic complexity
nonlinearity
system
symmetry breaking
emergence
url https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/8/885
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