001462027 000__ 03807cam\a22006137i\4500 001462027 001__ 1462027 001462027 003__ OCoLC 001462027 005__ 20230503003422.0 001462027 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001462027 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001462027 008__ 230406s2023\\\\gw\a\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001462027 019__ $$a1374814540 001462027 020__ $$a9783658388263$$q(electronic bk.) 001462027 020__ $$a3658388269$$q(electronic bk.) 001462027 020__ $$z9783658388256 001462027 020__ $$z3658388250 001462027 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-658-38826-3$$2doi 001462027 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)1375079287 001462027 040__ $$aGW5XE$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cGW5XE$$dYDX$$dEBLCP 001462027 049__ $$aISEA 001462027 050_4 $$aQA76.76.C68 001462027 08204 $$a005.8$$223/eng/20230406 001462027 1001_ $$aBall, Rafael,$$eauthor. 001462027 24510 $$aViruses in all dimensions :$$bhow an information code controls viruses, software and microorganisms /$$cRafael Ball. 001462027 264_1 $$aWiesbaden, Germany :$$bSpringer,$$c2023. 001462027 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 156 pages) :$$billustrations (some color) 001462027 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001462027 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001462027 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001462027 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001462027 5050_ $$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. 001462027 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001462027 520__ $$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. 001462027 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 6, 2023). 001462027 650_0 $$aComputer viruses. 001462027 650_0 $$aVirus diseases$$xTransmission. 001462027 650_0 $$aMicroorganisms$$xBehavior. 001462027 650_0 $$aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- 001462027 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 001462027 77608 $$iPrint version: $$z3658388250$$z9783658388256$$w(OCoLC)1335114958 001462027 852__ $$bebk 001462027 85640 $$3Springer Nature$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-38826-3$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 001462027 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1462027$$pGLOBAL_SET 001462027 980__ $$aBIB 001462027 980__ $$aEBOOK 001462027 982__ $$aEbook 001462027 983__ $$aOnline 001462027 994__ $$a92$$bISE