Reflections on the National Science Foundation's Understanding the Rules of Life Program: Proceedings of a Workshop Series

By Division on Earth and Life Studies and and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering

In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established a five-year program on Understanding the Rules of Life (URoL) to identify generalizable rules that govern biological systems at micro and macro levels. At the request of NSF, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a series of workshops to explore the achievements of the URoL program. Presenters and participants discussed integration of multi-disciplinary, systems-level approaches, broader implications for studying highly complex systems, future scientific questions and future societal needs, and the production of generalizable rules that apply to different fields and scales. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309702623
• ISBN13: 9780309702621
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.6" x 11.0"