A Question of Physics by Paul Buckley

Author:Paul Buckley [Peat F. David and Buckley Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1979-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Robert Rosen, Howard Hunt Pattee, and Raymond L. Somorjai: a symposium in theoretical biology

The participants in this discussion are, with the exception of Paul Buckley and David Peat, theoretical biologists.

Robert Rosen was born in Brooklyn in 1934 and obtained a Ph.D. in mathematical biology from the University of Chicago. He is a Killam Professor at Dalhousie University, but at the time of this interview he and Howard Pattee were colleagues at the Center for Theoretical Biology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His interest in the mathematics of organization at the biological level resulted in his invitation to the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions where he has applied some of his theoretical techniques to the study of human organizations.

Howard Hunt Pattee is a Californian born in Pasadena in 1926. He began his scientific career as a physicist before moving into the field of theoretical biology. His current interests involve questions of philosophy and principle in biology as well as in the mathematical description of systems. He has written on the origin of life and the genetic code, including the problem of defining what is meant by a living system. One of his papers, which was read with interest by quantum physicists, bore the enigmatic title ‘Can Life Explain Quantum Theory?’

Raymond L. Somorjai (1938-) was educated at McGill, Princeton, and Cambridge universities, where his initial interests were in theoretical chemistry. He moved to the National Research Council of Canada, where his interests in theoretical biology were stimulated. His concern is with the evolution of complexity and hierarchy in biological systems. In particular he is working on the dynamics of protein folding and the interactions of enzymes.

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