Noise and Randomness in Living System

Chapter 1. Science and Engineering.- Chapter 1.1. Introduction.- Chapter 1.2. Noise and Randomness  in Science and Engineering.- Chapter 1.3.. Various Types of Noise and their Sources (Classical and quantum noise). -Chapter 1.4. Constructive Role of Noise and Nonlinear Dynamics.- Chapter 1.5. Noise and Synchronization of Oscillatory Networks.- Chapter 2. Noise in Living System.- Chapter 2.1. Stochastic Fluctuations at Cellular and Molecular level.- Chapter 2.2. Various Types of Noise and their sources in Living Organisms.- Chapter 2.3. Ion Channel Noise in Biological Systems.- Chapter 2.4. Noise in Cellular Communication.- Chapter 2.5. The Role of Noise in Brain Function.- Chapter 2.6. Noise  and Gene oscillators.- Chapter 2.7. Causes of Developmental Noise and the Stability in Developmental Biology.- Chapter 2.8. Noise and Coherence in Meditation.- Chapter 2.9. Chaos, Stochasticity and Noise.- Chapter 2.10. Chance, Determinism and Laws of Nature.

Sarangam Majumdar is a mathematician. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Calcutta (2010) and the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (2012) respectively. His research interests include mathematical biology, system biology, mathematical modeling, numerical analysis, scientific computing, nonlinear dynamics and chaos. For the past ten years, he has been working on mathematical modelling of bacterial communication systems. He has published several papers in various peer-reviewed journals and numerous book chapters. In addition, he serves as a reviewer for various journals including Nature Communication, Soft Computing, Mathematical Reviews, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, and Zentralblatt Math, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Molecular Bioscience, Journal of mathematical biology, IEEE Transactions in Fuzzy Systems and many more.



Prof. Sisir Roy is currently Senior Homi Bhabha Fellow under the Homi Bhabha Fellowship Council, Mumbai and a Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. He previously served as a Professor and theoretical physicist at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (1987-2014), and as the T.V. Raman Pai Chair Professor at the NIAS (2014-2018). He has also worked as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at many US and European universities. His main research interests include the foundations of quantum theory, theoretical astrophysics, brain function modeling and neuroscience, as well as higher-order cognitive activities. He has published more than 170 papers in various peer-reviewed international journals, together with 13 monographs and edited volumes. Further, he serves on the editorial boards of various international journals.