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When a system with many interacting components is driven out of equilibrium, it may form a coherent structure with a whole that is much more than the sum of its parts. The coherent structures in such complex systems emerge as the result of a long history and not just from a simple combination of its parts. The interactions in the system are typically associated to storage and exchange of both energy and information. A living cell with its metabolic and signalling network is a complex system. So is the ecosystem of co-evolving life formed on earth.