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Examination of the scalar properties of living organisms and the electronic configuration of crystalline structures suggests that similar modeling may be used for both. This paper comments on individual and common properties of the two systems and draws a comparison between them. Both exhibit multiple scales and a global ‘overview’ of their scalar properties. We conclude that the analogy may provide a fruitful route towards modeling living organisms.
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Cottam, R., Ranson, W., Vounckx, R. (2012). Closing the Gap between Life and Physics. In: Lones, M.A., Smith, S.L., Teichmann, S., Naef, F., Walker, J.A., Trefzer, M.A. (eds) Information Processign in Cells and Tissues. IPCAT 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7223. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28792-3_26
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