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... atomic nuclei , to atoms , molecules , high - molecular compounds , to the wealth of structures ( electron and light- microscopic ) between molecules and cells ( Weiss , 1962b ) , to cells , organisms and beyond to supra - individual ...
... atomic nuclei , to atoms , molecules , high - molecular compounds , to the wealth of structures ( electron and light- microscopic ) between molecules and cells ( Weiss , 1962b ) , to cells , organisms and beyond to supra - individual ...
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... atoms , the architecture of proteins , or interaction phenomena in thermodynamics . Simi- larly biology , in the mechanistic conception , saw its goal in the resolution of life phenomena into atomic entities and partial processes . The ...
... atoms , the architecture of proteins , or interaction phenomena in thermodynamics . Simi- larly biology , in the mechanistic conception , saw its goal in the resolution of life phenomena into atomic entities and partial processes . The ...
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... atom ( with valences sticking out , as it were , to attract other atoms ) , of a stone ( an aggregate of molecules and atoms which mostly consist of empty space , with particles in planetary distances ) , or of an organism ( continually ...
... atom ( with valences sticking out , as it were , to attract other atoms ) , of a stone ( an aggregate of molecules and atoms which mostly consist of empty space , with particles in planetary distances ) , or of an organism ( continually ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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