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... Quantitative Biology of Metabolism , " Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen , 9 ( First International Symposium on Quantitative Biology of Metabolism ) ( 1964 ) 5-37 . Chapter 8 : Substance of lectures presented at the ...
... Quantitative Biology of Metabolism , " Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen , 9 ( First International Symposium on Quantitative Biology of Metabolism ) ( 1964 ) 5-37 . Chapter 8 : Substance of lectures presented at the ...
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... quantitative analysis but are nevertheless of great intrinsic interest . There are , for example , isomorphies between biological systems and " epiorganisms " ( Gerard ) like animal com- munities and human societies . Which principles ...
... quantitative analysis but are nevertheless of great intrinsic interest . There are , for example , isomorphies between biological systems and " epiorganisms " ( Gerard ) like animal com- munities and human societies . Which principles ...
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... quantitative analysis of pharma- cological effects and derived the quantitative relations for the action mechanism of certain drugs ( " put - in , " " drop - in , " " block- out " systems ) . Finally , problems similar to those ...
... quantitative analysis of pharma- cological effects and derived the quantitative relations for the action mechanism of certain drugs ( " put - in , " " drop - in , " " block- out " systems ) . Finally , problems similar to those ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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