Levka on Nostr: #FieldTheory #biology "We call it ‘field theory’. The notion of ‘fields’ was ...
#FieldTheory #biology
"We call it ‘field theory’.
The notion of ‘fields’ was originally developed by physicists such as Newton, Michael Faraday, Richard Feynman and others. In physics, the concept has been used to explain gravity, electromagnetism, and particle interactions in quantum theory. But fields have also been used in biology to explain the development of living things. In the mid-20th century, the Austrian biologist Paul Weiss proposed that, within an embryo, large ‘morphogenetic fields’ directed the behaviour of cells inside them. Together, these pioneers in physics and biology showed how objects in the Universe can be directed by often-invisible and large-scale external structures. Our version of field theory takes this as its starting point."
https://aeon.co/essays/a-new-field-theory-reveals-the-hidden-forces-that-guide-us
"We call it ‘field theory’.
The notion of ‘fields’ was originally developed by physicists such as Newton, Michael Faraday, Richard Feynman and others. In physics, the concept has been used to explain gravity, electromagnetism, and particle interactions in quantum theory. But fields have also been used in biology to explain the development of living things. In the mid-20th century, the Austrian biologist Paul Weiss proposed that, within an embryo, large ‘morphogenetic fields’ directed the behaviour of cells inside them. Together, these pioneers in physics and biology showed how objects in the Universe can be directed by often-invisible and large-scale external structures. Our version of field theory takes this as its starting point."
https://aeon.co/essays/a-new-field-theory-reveals-the-hidden-forces-that-guide-us