l’approccio sistemico della chimica al concetto di vita

Journal title EPISTEMOLOGIA
Author/s Giovanni Villani
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/1
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 22-36 File size 602 KB
DOI 10.3280/EPIS2014-001002
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The systemic approach of chemistry to the life concept. The concepts of living and non-living have changed in time, from the ancient Greeks to the present day and the specificity of living or has been associated with a particular matter, active such as the chemical one, or was considered as a product of the spatial organization of a passive matter. The chemical approach to living, along the path from biological chemistry to biochemistry and, finally, to molecular biology, tried to relate these two aspects. Today, these two views of living can be merged in chemistry perspective that takes account of the general reflections on the complexity and the systemic, with a perspective of "systemic complexity".

Keywords: Living, non-living, complexity, organisation, systemic, systemic complexity, molecule, macromolecule.

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Giovanni Villani, l’approccio sistemico della chimica al concetto di vita in "EPISTEMOLOGIA" 1/2014, pp 22-36, DOI: 10.3280/EPIS2014-001002