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General Systems Theory and Systems Biology

Andrés Moya

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Systems medicineMathematical and theoretical biologySystems theorySystems biologyHolismSociologyComplex systems biologyYesterdayBiological organisationEpistemology

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We should not imagine that Systems Biology was born yesterday, indeed von Bertalanffy was a well-known supporter of the need to approach biological entities from the notion of a system. There is a tradition, dating back to early times, calling for the study of living things as a whole. Holism is no stranger to modern Systems Biology and, likewise, von Bertalanffy supported the quantitative study of the whole from the interaction of its parts.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16970-5_5