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Page 31
... dynamic interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve phenomena into local events ; problems of order and ...
... dynamic interaction and organization have appeared in the various branches of modern physics . In the Heisenberg relation and quantum physics , it became impossible to resolve phenomena into local events ; problems of order and ...
Page 44
... dynamic interplay of processes . Recall , e.g. , embryonic regulations where the whole is reestablished from the parts in equifinal processes . It can be shown that the primary regulations in organic systems , i.e. , those which are ...
... dynamic interplay of processes . Recall , e.g. , embryonic regulations where the whole is reestablished from the parts in equifinal processes . It can be shown that the primary regulations in organic systems , i.e. , those which are ...
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... Dynamic ecology , 102 " Dynamic State of Body Constituents " ( Schönheimer ) , 160 Dynamic equilibrium , 131 ; see also Steady state Dynamic teleology , 78–79 Dynamics of biological populations , theory of , 32 Ecology , theory of , 32 ...
... Dynamic ecology , 102 " Dynamic State of Body Constituents " ( Schönheimer ) , 160 Dynamic equilibrium , 131 ; see also Steady state Dynamic teleology , 78–79 Dynamics of biological populations , theory of , 32 Ecology , theory of , 32 ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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