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Microorganisms, viruses, and computer programs encode all the information necessary to reproduce and spread themselves. Yet these mechanisms are amazingly similar in the animate world, in the world of viruses, and even in the world of technical systems. The book shows how great the parallels are between these various animate and inanimate replicating systems and what they are based on.

The excursion also leads into the fascinating world of genetics, to the question of what defines life and into the programming of software that multiplies itself independently. Finally, the question is derived whether and to what extent such self-replicating technical systems can become as dangerous as infectious viruses in triggering pandemics, such as the Corona pandemic in 2020.



Table of Contents
Viruses, microorganisms and molecular genetics.- What is life?.-Basic concepts of molecular genetics.- Viruses and early genetics.- Algorithms and self-replicating computer programs.- What is information?.- Coding of information in technology and biology.- Coevolution of life and technology.

Viruses in all Dimensions: How an Information Code Controls Viruses, Software and Microorganisms

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      Publisher Springer
      Published 31 March 2023
      ISBN-13 9783658388256
      978-3658388256
      ISBN-10 3658388250
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      Computing Digital and IT general topics Social and ethical aspects Biomedical engineering / Medical engineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Microorganisms, viruses, and computer programs encode all the information necessary to reproduce and spread themselves. Yet these mechanisms are amazingly similar in the animate world, in the world of viruses, and even in the world of technical systems. The book shows how great the parallels are between these various animate and inanimate replicating systems and what they are based on.

      The excursion also leads into the fascinating world of genetics, to the question of what defines life and into the programming of software that multiplies itself independently. Finally, the question is derived whether and to what extent such self-replicating technical systems can become as dangerous as infectious viruses in triggering pandemics, such as the Corona pandemic in 2020.



      Table of Contents
      Viruses, microorganisms and molecular genetics.- What is life?.-Basic concepts of molecular genetics.- Viruses and early genetics.- Algorithms and self-replicating computer programs.- What is information?.- Coding of information in technology and biology.- Coevolution of life and technology.

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