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1 What Physics Problems Do Organisms Need to Solve? (47-87)
2 How Do Living Systems Represent and Process Information? (88-118)
3 How Do Macroscopic Functions of Life Emerge from Interactions Among Many Microscopic Constituents? (119-157)
4 How Do Living Systems Navigate Parameter Space? (158-180)
5 Relation to Other Fields of Physics (182-195)
7 Health, Medicine, and Technology (219-242)
9 Funding, Collaboration, and Coordination (271-303)
10 Building an Inclusive Community (304-316)
Appendix C: Queries to Funding Agencies (325-329)
Appendix E: Details Regarding National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health Grants (332-337)
Appendix F: Minimal Support Levels (338-343)
Appendix G: Committee Biographies (344-352)