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TANULMÁNYOK - Elek Gábor: 2013-ban volt Bauer Ervin halálának 75. évfordulója
ELEK, Gábor: In 2013 was the 75th anniversary of Ervin Bauer 's death 223 Conclusion of the commemoration So the statement is that Bauer’s work is theoretical achievement of a closed period of biology. His conception might have been self-evident for a contemporaneous scientific reader but it needs competent interpretation, historical background for a today inquiring person. In spite of this he has message for us. The fraction of the principle of permanent nonequilibrium worded and italicized above from the Fundamentals is prevalent even today. It was highly estimated by Bertalanffy the founder of the modern theoretical biology as well (see Elek - Müller 2013). It is valid in modem models of living systems too (see Abonyi - Elek 1970), except it is not regarded as the definition of life (or living). Even in our days there is a hypothesis that a basic biological imperative of all organisms is to maximise energy intensity by covering chemical potential energy into circuits of electromagnetic energy comprising electric charge, photons and excited electrons (Milewsky and Mills 2010). This line of reasoning formally reminds us of Bauer’s old theory at a further (Russian) stage of its development (see 3rd column of Table and Elek - Müller 2013). In our days the Fundamentals is more easily readable than Bauer’s other works, it is devoid of colloid chemist’s outmoded biological ideas and terminology. Some parts of the booklet might have been written still in Budapest (see Müller 2005; Elek and Müller 2006). This is one more reason for keeping in evidence his memory in Hungary as well as one of the founders of theoretical biology. Some biographical notes Many biographies can be found in Smidt and Hackethal 1998, but the following ones are missing or they are incompletes. Bauer, Ervin 1890-1938 (Müller 2005). Buzágh Aladár 1895-1962 (Nagy 7997218.). Fischer, Martin Henry 1879-1962 (Fischer, I. 1962 vol. 1,141- 142.). Fürth, Reinhold Henrik 1893-1979 (Strauss-Röder 1983 vol. 2, 350.). Höher, Rudolf 1873-1953 (Killy-Vierhaus 1999 vol. 5, 85.). Keller, Rudolf 1875-1939 (Röder-Strauss 1980 Bd. 1, 359.). Lepeschkin, Wladimir Wasilievich 1876-1956 (Arnim-Bock-Hodes 1981-1984 vol. 4,947.). Ostwald, Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang 1883-1943 (Killy-Vierhaus 1999 Bd. 7., 520.). Ruzicka, Vladimir, alias Vladislav 1870-1934 {Fischer, 1. 1962 vol. 2, 1346-1347.). Tokin, Borisz Petrovics 1900-1984 (http). Zwaardemaker, Hendrik 1857-1930 {Fischer, I. 1962 vol. 2, 1733.). 3othh (Zotin) Aleksander Iljics 1926-2000 (http). Acknowledgement I thank prof. Miklós Müller the maintenance of Bauer’s memory. GÁBOR ELEK, MD, DSc H-l 124 Budapest, Deres u 10 gabriella.elek@freemail.hu
