{"title":"Theoretical biology","authors":"Ervin Bauer","doi":"10.1016/j.biosystems.2025.105426","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This is a complete English translation of the magnum opus of Ervin Bauer (1890-1938), published in Russian in 1935. The book develops the first fundamental concept of theoretical biology, which is grounded in biophysics and bioenergetics. Bauer’s molecular-based biological theory is centered on the principle of sustainable non-equilibrium, which is continuously produced and maintained by all biological systems throughout their life. Bauer’s ideas remain actual for the development of modern concepts of the foundations of life, the structure of living matter, and biological evolution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50730,"journal":{"name":"Biosystems","volume":"252 ","pages":"Article 105426"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biosystems","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030326472500036X","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This is a complete English translation of the magnum opus of Ervin Bauer (1890-1938), published in Russian in 1935. The book develops the first fundamental concept of theoretical biology, which is grounded in biophysics and bioenergetics. Bauer’s molecular-based biological theory is centered on the principle of sustainable non-equilibrium, which is continuously produced and maintained by all biological systems throughout their life. Bauer’s ideas remain actual for the development of modern concepts of the foundations of life, the structure of living matter, and biological evolution.
期刊介绍:
BioSystems encourages experimental, computational, and theoretical articles that link biology, evolutionary thinking, and the information processing sciences. The link areas form a circle that encompasses the fundamental nature of biological information processing, computational modeling of complex biological systems, evolutionary models of computation, the application of biological principles to the design of novel computing systems, and the use of biomolecular materials to synthesize artificial systems that capture essential principles of natural biological information processing.