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Współczesna rewolucja naukowa na pograniczu fizyki i biologii
The Present Scientific Revolution on the Borderline between Physics and Biology

Author(s): Genowefa Ślósarek
Subject(s): Philosophy of Science
Published by: Copernicus Center Press
Keywords: scientific revolution; molecular biology; biophysics; nanotechnology; single-molecule methods; system biology;

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the 20th century, substantial changes in the paradigms of molecular physics and biology occurred. They have brought two new and entirely independent, fields of scientific research – nanotechnology and systems biology. Thanks to these disciplines, a new paradigm was born opening a new way of research in biology. It enables a holistic treatment of living organisms. As a consequence of these changes, an entirely new picture of the interface between physics and biology emerges.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 96-115
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish