Brian Goodwin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian mathematician and biologist
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Place of Birth: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
About Brian Goodwin
- Brian Carey Goodwin (25 March 1931 – 15 July 2009) was a Canadian mathematician and biologist, a Professor Emeritus at the Open University and a founder of theoretical biology and biomathematics.
- He introduced the use of complex systems and generative models in developmental biology.
- He suggested that a reductionist view of nature fails to explain complex features, controversially proposing the "fringe" structuralist theory that morphogenetic fields might substitute for natural selection in driving evolution.
- He was also a visible member of the Third Culture movement.
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