Systems Research Yearbook 1970

Materials from the 1970 issue of the "Systems Research" yearbook focus on the application of the systems approach in modern biology. The collection consists of two parts: the transcript of a 1968 Moscow discussion where Soviet scientists discussed systems concepts, structure, organization, and functioning of biosystems, and the concept of information in biology; as well as translated articles from the American collection "Systems Theory and Biology," allowing for a comparison of viewpoints. The texts provide a detailed analysis of the multilevel nature of biological systems, the relationship between energy and information components, problems of modeling and evolution, and the difficulties in defining key systems concepts such as system, structure, and organization in the context of living nature. The overall goal is to develop a methodology for systems research to gain a deeper understanding of complex biological phenomena.

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The Systems Approach in Modern Biology (Materials from a Meeting-Discussion)

• The Theory of Structures and its Place in the Systems Approach. A.A. Malinovsky
• Defining the Concepts of System and Systems Approach. A.A. Malinovsky
• The Problem of Time in Biological Systems. A.A. Malinovsky
• Structural Levels of Biological Systems. N.V. Timofeev-Ressovsky
• The Systems Approach in Ecology. N.V. Timofeev-Ressovsky

Systems Theory and Biology

• Systems Theory and Biology: A Theoretician's Viewpoint. M. Mesarovic
• Systems Theory and Biology: A Biologist's Viewpoint. T.H. Waterman
• Multilevel Systems and Biology: A Submolecular Biologist's Viewpoint. D.F. Bradley

Authors

• Malinovsky, Alexander Alexandrovich — Soviet biologist and philosopher of science; a specialist in systems theory, tectology, and systems biology; one of the main speakers at the 1968 Moscow discussion, the materials of which were included in the 1970 issue.

• Timofeev-Ressovsky, Nikolai Vladimirovich — Soviet geneticist and biophysicist; a classic figure in radiation and population genetics; author of the articles "Structural Levels of Biological Systems" and "The Systems Approach in Ecology".

• Mesarovic, Mihajlo D. — Serbian scientist, one of the pioneers of general systems theory; professor at Case Western Reserve University; editor of the collection "Systems Theory and Biology" and author of the review "Systems Theory and Biology: A Theoretician's Viewpoint". Wikipedia

• Waterman, Talbot H. — American zoologist and physiologist (Yale), a specialist in vision and orientation in marine animals; author of the review "Systems Theory and Biology: A Biologist's Viewpoint". Yale News

• Bradley, D. F. — American biophysicist, Laboratory of Neurochemistry, NIMH (NIH); author of the section "Multilevel Systems and Biology—View of a Submolecular Biologist". Springer