“Much has been written about the philosophical consequences of molecular biology. I think it is now clear what the entire enterprise is about. We are looking at a rather special part of the physical universe which contains special mechanisms none of which conflict at all with the laws of physics.”
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Brenner, S. New directions in molecular biology. Nature 248, 785–787 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248785a0
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