First principles of probability theory and some paradoxes in modern biology (comment on "21st century: what is life from the perspective of physics?" by G R Ivanitskii)

It is argued that a discussion of two paradoxes in the commented paper is at odds with some points of probability theory and well-known optimization theorems.

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DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201104o.0449
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/4/n/
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Citation: Melkikh A V "First principles of probability theory and some paradoxes in modern biology (comment on "21st century: what is life from the perspective of physics?" by G R Ivanitskii)" Phys. Usp. 54 429–430 (2011)

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%0 Journal Article
%T First principles of probability theory and some paradoxes in modern biology (comment on "21st century: what is life from the perspective of physics?" by G R Ivanitskii)
%A A. V. Melkikh
%I Physics-Uspekhi
%D 2011
%J Phys. Usp.
%V 54
%N 4
%P 429-430
%U https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/4/n/
%U https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNe.0181.201104o.0449

Received: 15th, June 2010, accepted: 15th, September 2010

Оригинал: Мелких А В «Первые принципы теории вероятностей и некоторые парадоксы современной биологии (комментарий к статье Г.Р. Иваницкого ‘XXI век: что такое жизнь с точки зрения физики’)» УФН 181 449–451 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201104o.0449