The Theory of Mario Ageno

Ageno began by specifying his definition of a living being. For Ageno, a living being is an open chemical system (that is, a system in which chemical processes occur and which can exchange energy and materials), coherent (where the processes are ordered in space and time), and equipped with a program (possessing a “conductor”, the DNA, which establishes what to do and when). Although the author stated that this is One possible definition for recognizing all terrestrial life forms rather than The definitive definition, based on his concept, it is easy to realize that the foundation of his idea of a living being is the biological cell, as for most modern specialists (see the previous discussion about Lane).