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Page 81
It is not, of course, stationary in the sense that nothing is happening – the water is
flowing through it; but it is stationary in the sense that the level in each of the
containers remains the same as long as the input is unchanged. It is interesting to
...
It is not, of course, stationary in the sense that nothing is happening – the water is
flowing through it; but it is stationary in the sense that the level in each of the
containers remains the same as long as the input is unchanged. It is interesting to
...
Page 187
It is probably fair to say that the caterpillar itself does not foresee the change; but
a similar change has happened to very many of its ancestors, and the capacity to
switch from caterpillar to butterfly has been gradually evolved over a very long ...
It is probably fair to say that the caterpillar itself does not foresee the change; but
a similar change has happened to very many of its ancestors, and the capacity to
switch from caterpillar to butterfly has been gradually evolved over a very long ...
Page 227
The only real check – and it is a pretty feeble one – on the validity of these
guesses is to show that the whole system produces a reasonably accurate
picture of what happened to all the variables for which figures are available for
some period ...
The only real check – and it is a pretty feeble one – on the validity of these
guesses is to show that the whole system produces a reasonably accurate
picture of what happened to all the variables for which figures are available for
some period ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Tools for Thought |
| Author | Conrad Hal Waddington |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cape, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2009 |
| ISBN | 0224010778, 9780224010771 |
| Length | 250 pages |
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