LEADER 03209nam 2200529 450 001 996547954303316 005 20230730235948.0 010 $a9783658388263$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783658388256 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-658-38826-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7231680 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7231680 035 $a(OCoLC)1375079287 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-658-38826-3 035 $a(PPN)269098100 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926388096000041 100 $a20230730d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aViruses in All Dimensions $eHow an Information Code Controls Viruses, Software and Microorganisms /$fRafael Ball 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aWiesbaden, Germany :$cSpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,$d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 156 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$aPrint version: Ball, Rafael Viruses in All Dimensions Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,c2023 9783658388256 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aViruses, microorganisms and molecular genetics -- What is life?.-Basic concepts of molecular genetics -- Viruses and early genetics -- Algorithms and self-replicating computer programs -- What is information? -- Coding of information in technology and biology -- Coevolution of life and technology. 330 $aMicroorganisms, viruses and computer programmes encode all the information they need to reproduce and spread themselves. The mechanisms in the living world, in viruses and even in the world of technical systems are amazingly similar. The book shows how great the parallels of these replication systems are and what they are based on. The excursus also leads into the fascinating world of genetics, to the question of what constitutes life, and to software that replicates itself independently. Content: · What is life? · Basic concepts of molecular genetics · Viruses and early genetics · Algorithms and self-replicating computer programs · What is information? · Coding of information in technology and biology · Coevolution of life and technology The author Rafael Ball holds a PHD in biology, is a historian of science and a librarian. He is director of the ETH Library Zurich and lecturer in library science and management. He works on questions of information theory, scholarly communication and the effects of digitisation He is the author of numerous relevant publications, editor of information science journals and speaker at meetings and conferences. 606 $aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- 606 $aComputer viruses 606 $aMicroorganisms$xBehavior 606 $aVirus diseases$xTransmission 615 0$aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- 615 0$aComputer viruses. 615 0$aMicroorganisms$xBehavior. 615 0$aVirus diseases$xTransmission. 676 $a616.2414 700 $aBall$b Rafael$0998475 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a996547954303316 996 $aViruses in All Dimensions$93087709 997 $aUNISA