What is life? : New Horizons in Integrated Complex System Sciences

Like any large interactive non-living system exhibiting global features, complex life phenomena cannot be fully understood by analyzing parts separately.

We need a paradigm shift to live in our complex emergent world.

This long-standing problem has attracted many physicists especially since Erwin Schrodinger published the famous book What is Life? in 1944. The broad goal of this book, is not a reduction of biology to physics, but a profound understanding of complex systems and of their physical basis.

Generally, physicists do not know biological terminology, and biologists are not familiar with physical laws, the terminology being completely different.

In this book, the author aims to present an integrated view of complex systems for a variety of readers in complex system science (physics, biology, mathematics, chemistry, material sciences, engineering, etc.).