Robert Rosen wrote extensively about many scientific subjects, with a research stream that always circled back to the essential question of 'What is life?' Below you can access most of his published work, as well as some unpublished notes, including the primary ideas that led to the development of Life Itself I: Epistemology, and its intended sequel, Life Itself II: Ontology.
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The role of quantum theory in biology

Quantum biology extends beyond the computation of biological molecules, suggesting that alternative analytical modes inherent in quantum theory are crucial for understanding fundamental biological interactions

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Quantum
Biological Systems
Reductionism
Measurement
Emergence
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1974

Thinking, immanence, and the Cartesian cogito

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Immanence
Entailment
Realization
Adjectives
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Turing's morphogens, two-factor systems and active transport

Turing's morphogenesis theory and Rashevsky's two-factor models are interconnected diffusion-reaction schemes that demonstrate how morphogenetic properties rely on apparent active transport

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Turing
Morphogenesis
Rashevsky
Reaction-Diffusion
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Article
1968

Two-factor models, neural nets and biochemical automata

Recent models of macromolecular synthesis regulation and differentiation in cells can be mathematically described as networks of two-factor elements, analogous to McCulloch-Pitts neurons, leading to a precise definition of "molecular automaton" in these processes

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Automata
Neurons
Biochemistry
Excitation
Inhibition
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Article
1967

What is biology?

This work critiques the assumption that molecular biology fully subsumes Mendelian genetics, arguing that this belief undermines both biological understanding and its relationship with contemporary physics

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Genetics
Molecular Biology
Reductionism
Entailment
Organisms
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Article
1994
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