Question

Read the following abstract:

"What is different about life? Why do life sciences require different science and mathematics? I address these issues starting from the obvious: all of life is inherited from genes. Twenty thousand genes of say 30 atoms each control an animal of 10²⁵ atoms. How is that possible? Answer: the structures of life form a hierarchy of devices that allow handfuls of atoms to control everything. A nerve signal involves meters of nerve but is controlled by a few atoms. Indeed, potassium and sodium differ only in the diameter of the atoms. Life depends on this difference in diameter. Sodium and potassium are otherwise identical. The task of the biological scientist is first to identify the hierarchy of devices and what they do. Then we want to know how the devices work. We want to understand life well enough to improve its devices, in disease and technology."

Write an in depth question (do not answer it) to the author of the abstract.

Answer 1

Question to the author

Why it is mandatory to relate the function with the size? Is there need of understanding different mathematics and science or there is requirement of understanding the application of mathematics in science? Will you be able to correlate every numarical value with its significance? To understand the devices and their uses in the diseases and technology what is more important. the correlation of technology and life science or the particle size and its function?