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This book is a practical introduction to Unix/Linux and programming for biologists as well as for chemists and physicists who work in bioinformatics and biophysics. The goal is to learn about the power of the stream editor 'sed' and the programming languages 'awk' and 'perl' in order to extract or format information from various sources. It is written for beginners with no computational knowledge. Basic programming constructs are introduced and applied....

This accessible and entertaining book explores the fundamental connections between life and information and how they emerged inextricably linked, taking the reader on a journey through all the major evolutionary transitions. It records the entire path of how life's information has evolved, starting from the growing polymers of prelife leading to the first replicators, through RNA and DNA to neural networks and animal brains, continuing through the...

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When Craig Venter, the star of genome technology, joins forces in an investment with Apple and Google, you know it’s something big! Theoretically, if we were to decode the basic cellular structure of human beings, we would be protected from all forms of damage or deterioration. In essence, we would become immortal and no longer have to fear the rise of artificial intelligence as humans would replace machines. Is this a desirable effect? Our entire...