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Bridging the gap between physics and biology.

Ilya Volodyaev
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The work is devoted to the historical development of physics and biology. Various aspects of their interactions are shown: antagonism, mutual penetration and a lot of bridges, built or being built between them. The gradual "evolution of the world picture" from going away of the "pre-scientific" animated Universe and the appearance of mechanicism and vitalism to the development of systems and field approaches is traced. The last part of the paper is concerned with some present-day works at the joint between physics and biology.

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BiologyBiophysicsEuropeHistory, 18th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansPhysicsHistorical ArticleJournal Article

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Ilya Volodyaev. Bridging the gap between physics and biology.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16180195/

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