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Viruses, Mathematics, and Evolution #209122 06/01/08 07:06 06/01/08 07:06
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,377 USofA fastlane69 OP Senior Expert
fastlane69 OP Senior Expert Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,377 USofA	May 2008 Phys Rev Focus: "Piecing a Virus Together" Quote: [...]May Physical Review E researchers report that capsid structures from many virus families can be constructed using just a single shape, a trapezoid. Their analysis provides an explanation for this common structure based purely on geometry and topology, suggesting that mathematics could be the driving force behind capsid design and evolution. FUTUR-E-SCAPE: The Future Landscape of Education and Entertainment.

Re: Viruses, Mathematics, and Evolution [Re: fastlane69] #209150 06/01/08 15:26 06/01/08 15:26
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AlbertoT Serious User A Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,245	This is one of the strongest prove in favour of the evolutionism This topic had been arisen by Darwin himself Creationists claimed that a bee hive is a so perfect structure that you need an intelligent designer Darwin with the help of a mathematician demostrated that a bee hive can be built just applying some extremely simple rules which bee can have learnt by chance The same for the virus and their capsid made of proteins Last edited by AlbertoT; 06/01/08 15:32.

Re: Viruses, Mathematics, and Evolution [Re: AlbertoT] #209153 06/01/08 16:07 06/01/08 16:07
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AlbertoT Serious User A Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,245	For those who are interested in Bio and mathematics I would suggest the books " Life's other secret " by Ian Stewart and the " The Jungle of Randommnes " by Ivars Peterson The former is focus on evolutionism and mathematics The latter is focus on mathematics only but it provides also a detailed description of the studies mentioned by fastline59 about virus their capsid and proteins Last edited by AlbertoT; 06/01/08 16:16.

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