I was in the conference ‘Statistical Mechanics of Distributed Information Systems‘ in Finland last week, which (for my surprise) was sunny and warm, very different from Birmingham. Slides of the talks as well as references and papers can be found in the conference’s site.
A lot of famous people in the area were there. For [...]
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Back from Finland
Posted in Biology, Distributed Information Systems, Finland, Information, Statistical Physics on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dyson’s View on Biofuture
Posted in Biology, Freeman Dyson, Future on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dyson wrote this fascinating view on the future of biotechnology for the New Yourk Reviews of Books entitled “Our Biotech Future”. Among other things, he writes en passant about the understanding of physical world as a complex environment. This view is becoming clearer as our understanding of complex systems increases and the necessity of statistical [...]
