Some Thoughts on A. H. Louie’s “More Than Life Itself: A Reflection on Formal Systems and Biology” [Book Review]

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Axiomathes 21 (3):439-454 (2011)
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We review and discuss A. H. Louie’s book “More than Life Itself: A Reflexion on Formal Systems and Biology” from an interdisciplinary viewpoint, involving both biology and mathematics, taking into account new developments and related theories

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