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For instance in biology it is convenient, in fact probably essential, to distinguish
between different levels of operation which can be considered as levels in a
hierarchical system; for instance, the ecological level, which includes all the living
...
For instance in biology it is convenient, in fact probably essential, to distinguish
between different levels of operation which can be considered as levels in a
hierarchical system; for instance, the ecological level, which includes all the living
...
Page 121
In practice, as far as I can see from the history of scientific discoveries in my own
field of biology, and from my own experience, it has sometimes paid off to try to
disprove a hypothesis, and at other times to try to prove one. For instance, when ...
In practice, as far as I can see from the history of scientific discoveries in my own
field of biology, and from my own experience, it has sometimes paid off to try to
disprove a hypothesis, and at other times to try to prove one. For instance, when ...
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Then one has to try to put into the model quantitative estimates of the strengths of
interactions between the factors; for instance what effect has pollution on
population? These interaction effects ('multipliers' in the system-builder's jargon)
at ...
Then one has to try to put into the model quantitative estimates of the strengths of
interactions between the factors; for instance what effect has pollution on
population? These interaction effects ('multipliers' in the system-builder's jargon)
at ...
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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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