This book is devoted to the question: What fundamental ideas and concepts can phys- ics contribute to the analysis of complex systems like those in biology and ecolo- gy?
The spontaneous formation of well organized structures out of germs or even out of chaos is one of the most fascinating phenomena and most challenging problems scientists are confronted with.
Drei Jahre sind vergangen, seit im Januar 1979 auf einer Arbeitstagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Dokumentation, Informatik und Statistik e.
In 1963, 1965 and 1967 "e;Symposia on Quantitative Biology of Metabolism"e; were organized on the pretty island of Helgoland (Biologische Anstalt) by me in col- laboration with O.
The impressive advances in all branches of medical science during the first half of this century with the discovery of many chemotherapeutic or immunogenic agents gave rise to brilliant achievements in the struggle against some infectious diseases and aroused in many scientists the wishful thought that drugs for cancer therapy would, soon lead to additional great success.
