Integral Biomathics : Tracing the Road to Reality : Springer : 9783642281105 : 3642281109 : 13 Jul 2012 : Perhaps the most distinct question in science throughout the ages has been the one of perceivable reality, treated both in physics and philosophy. Reality is acting upon us, and we, and life in general, are acting upon reality. Potentiality, found both in quantum reality and in the activity of life, plays a key role. In quantum reality observation turns potentiality into reality. Again, life computes possibilities in various ways based on past actions, and acts on the basis of these computations. This book is about a new approach to biology (and physics, of course!). Its subtitle suggests a perpetual movement and interplay between two elusive aspects of modern science ? reality/matter and potentiality/mind, between physics and biology ? both captured and triggered by mathematics ? to understand and explain emergence, development and life all the way up to consciousness. But