@inbook{de85122a092b4c6c987a8add1abd2a01,
title = "Bio from Bit",
abstract = "Understanding the origin and nature of life poses problems for our current formulation of physics. On the one hand our approaches to physics are incredibly adept at describing matter and energy and how they behave. On the other hand, the concept of information is important in biology, but its role in physics, and particular whether or not it is a fundamental concept like matter or energy, is not yet fully understood. In this essay I discuss how information—as we understand it in biology—might lead to new insights in physics. Living systems are causal structures that bridge counterfactual histories (and futures), and allow the possibility for transitions between histories. It is this multiple realizability that is one of the most distinctive properties of life. It also leads to some of their most interesting—and difficult to explain (for physics)—features, such as their apparent goal directedness.",
author = "Walker, {Sara I.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-75726-1_7",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Frontiers Collection",
publisher = "Springer VS",
pages = "77--87",
booktitle = "Frontiers Collection",
}