MO640 - Exercises - "Antedisciplinary" Science, Eddie 2005

Exercises marked with (*) require further reading/search or knowledge beyond the text.

(*) View and summarize Terry Gillian's movie Brazil. Why are there two versions for the ending?
(*) Why are people using sophisticated kits in wet labs?
(*) What is a buffer?
(*) What is bacterial chemotaxis?
For the author, what is more important: interdisciplinary teams or interdisciplinary people? Why?
(*) What is Schroedinger's What is life? and what was its impact?
(*) Who were Watson and Crick?
(*) Who were Max Delbrueck and Erwin Chargaff?
For the author, what is the difference between computational biology and bioinformatics?
(*) Is sir Isaac Newton indirectly referred to in the article?