BioinformaticsTo build a house you need bricks and mortar and something else -- the "know-how", or "information" as to how to go about your business. The Victorians knew this. But when it came to the "building" of animals and plants, -- the word, and even the concept, of "information" is difficult to trace in their writings. Classical scholars tell us that Aristotle did not have this problem. The "eidos", the f
