title: [N.K. Kol'tsov's theory of synthetic biology].
abstract: The state of theoretical biology in the twentieth century is characterized, as well as the appearance and development of N.K. Kol'tsov's scientific program, his original methodology of interdisciplinary synthesis, and, based on it, the concept of theoretical biology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of History of Natural Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staropanskii per. 1/5, Moscow, 103012 Russia.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Mirzoian
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008954:Models, Biological