Do mathematics have any boundary to be applicable in biology?
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Jon Umerez
The answer to the title questions appears to be in the negative, at least since the scientific revolution when nature began to be seen as a book written in the language of mathematics. This approach is going to develop further and, by the xxth century, brings forward what I will call a cheerful amazement as exemplified in Wigner 1960 and others. I contrast this attitude with those we my find in several areas of biology where the charm is clearly absent and, as much, a very utilitarian approach is taken. I end up with a brief mention to open-ended evolution as a material case of infinity right at the center of biology.
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Umerez, Jon. “Do mathematics have any boundary to be applicable in biology?”. Ontology studies, 2010, no. 10, pp. 77-88, https://raco.cat/index.php/Ontology/article/view/245076.