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Quote: sodium and potassium exist because there is a corresponding mathematical structure guaranteeing their stability
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atoms and molecules
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philosophy of mathematics
Topic:
reality is a machine
Topic:
biology
Topic:
self-regulating systems
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When the mathematician Hermite wrote to Stieltjes, "It … same predetermined necessity as sodium and potassium," he … because there is a corresponding mathematical structure guaranteeing … I think that likewise there are formal structures, … self-reproducing dynamic in a given environment. Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: there are geometric objects in biology that prescribe the only possible forms capable of self-reproduction
Topic: atoms and molecules (47 items)
Group: philosophy of mathematics (11 topics, 330 quotes)
Topic: reality is a machine (47 items)
Topic: biology (24 items)
Topic: self-regulating systems (23 items)