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Historically, there are three classes of macromolecules that occupied and now occupy the focus of our interest: first, natural polymers (non-living); second, synthetic polymers; and third, biological polymers (living). From the author’s viewpoint of axes of existence (see Chap. 4), polymers may occupy, firstly, the spatial axis (for non-living or passive materials), secondly, the space + time axes (for living or active materials), and thirdly, the space + time + memory axes (for human being).
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Many scientist might consider that both conceptions (in static and strategy in active meaning) are common in the polymeric paradigm.
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Okamura, S. (1996). Polymers as the Basis of Human Body and Mind. In: Ito, Y., Okamura, S., Rånby, B. (eds) Macromolecular Concept and Strategy for Humanity in Science, Technology and Industry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61036-3_11
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