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Page 120
... fundamental importance for the explanation of physio- logical processes . An example is the function of blood , to transport oxygen from the lung to the tissues of the body and , conversely , carbon dioxide formed in the tissues to the ...
... fundamental importance for the explanation of physio- logical processes . An example is the function of blood , to transport oxygen from the lung to the tissues of the body and , conversely , carbon dioxide formed in the tissues to the ...
Page 121
... fundamental contrast between chemical equilibria and the metabolizing organisms . The organism is not a static system closed to the outside and always containing the identical components ; it is an open system in a ( quasi- ) steady ...
... fundamental contrast between chemical equilibria and the metabolizing organisms . The organism is not a static system closed to the outside and always containing the identical components ; it is an open system in a ( quasi- ) steady ...
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... fundamental mystery of living systems ; all other characteristics such as metabolism , growth , development , self - regulation , reproduction , stimulus - response , autonomous ac- tivity , etc. , are ultimately consequences of this ...
... fundamental mystery of living systems ; all other characteristics such as metabolism , growth , development , self - regulation , reproduction , stimulus - response , autonomous ac- tivity , etc. , are ultimately consequences of this ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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