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Building A Bridge Between Chemistry and Biology. Richard N. Zare Department of Chemistry Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-5080 USA [email protected]. Biology. Chemistry. What Is The Problem?. Chemistry is mostly about molecules Biology is mostly about organisms. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Building A Bridge BetweenChemistry and Biology
Richard N. ZareDepartment of Chemistry
Stanford UniversityStanford, California 94305-5080 USA
EmergenceEmergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of simple interactions.
We need to understand regulation/feedback
We need to go BEYOND THE MOLECULE
The Nature of Interdisciplinary Studies
Knowledge arrives as a whole.
Universities disintegrate knowledge, department by department.
The promise of interdisciplinary studies is to reintegrate knowledge to promote discovery.