How was the Classical Metaphysics Made?

From Classical Metaphysics to Medical Informatics

An item in the Wall Street Journal of 13.11.2001 describes how computers might be used as a means of alerting health officials to problems caused by bioterror-ism. The author notes that biological attacks will likely be marked by statistical spikes in the purchase of over-the-counter remedies for specific common ailments , and the data pertaining to such purchases can be made available immediat...

Revolution in the valley - the insanely great story of how the Mac was made

How the biotin–streptavidin interaction was made even stronger: investigation via crystallography and a chimaeric tetramer

The interaction between SA (streptavidin) and biotin is one of the strongest non-covalent interactions in Nature. SA is a widely used tool and a paradigm for protein-ligand interactions. We previously developed a SA mutant, termed Tr (traptavidin), possessing a 10-fold lower off-rate for biotin, with increased mechanical and thermal stability. In the present study, we determined the crystal str...

How the quest was won

Not long after Jim Watson's The Double Helix appeared, there was talk about making a movie about the DNA story. The author of the book took this very seriously and did not find all the many suggestions made to him very helpful. One idea put forward was that Jim should be played by Woody Allen and Francis Crick by Peter O'Toole. Another was to do it as a musical with a dance based on the entwini...

Life as Relation: Classical Metaphysics and Trinitarian Ontology

Life is a theological and metaphysical problem, because it constitutes the apex of the realm of being. The Aristotelian Unmoved Mover was identified with Life as the act of thinking. Christian doctrine affirms that God is triune just as Life, but here identified both with Logos and Love. The ontology of the First Principle is different in Classical metaphysics and in Trinitarian theology. The q...