Ask not what physics can do for biology-ask what biology can do for physics
Ask not what physics can do for biology-ask what biology can do for physics
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DOI：
10.1088/1478-3975/11/5/053004
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2014-10-01
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Frauenfelder, Hans
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作者：
Frauenfelder, Hans
Stan Ulam, the famous mathematician, said once to Hans Frauenfelder: 'Ask not what Physics can do for biology, ask what biology can do for physics'. The interaction between biologists and physicists is a two-way street. Biology reveals the secrets of complex systems, physics provides the physical tools and the theoretical concepts to understand the complexity. The perspective gives a personal view of the path to some of the physical concepts that are relevant for biology and physics (Frauenfelder et al 1999 Rev. Mod. Phys. 71 S419-S442). Schrodinger's book (Schrodinger 1944 What is Life? (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)), loved by physicists and hated by eminent biologists (Dronamraju 1999 Genetics 153 1071-6), still shows how a great physicist looked at biology well before the first protein structure was known.
