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數 學在分子生物學中不合理的有效性


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作        者  雷斯克 Arthur M. Lesk

作者簡介 雷斯克是美國普林斯頓大學的物理與物理化學 博士,曾任職於英國劍橋大學臨床醫學院與劍橋分子生物實驗室,並在德國海德堡的分子生物實驗室肇建生物計算部門,如今他任職於賓州州立大學。雷斯克相信由 數學而物理、化學、生物的知識層序。

譯        者  周樹靜

譯者簡介 周樹靜為臺灣數普譯者。

本文出處    The Mathematical Intelligencer 22 (2000) No.2, Springer. 作者改寫自1998 年在牛頓數學科學研究院(Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences)「基因組計畫脈絡下的生物分子功能與演化」會議的演講。

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