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... living system than it does when used , for instance , in connection with an industrial plant . Although it may indeed lead us to discover a reasonably good account of how the body works as a machine from minute to minute , taking in ...
... living system than it does when used , for instance , in connection with an industrial plant . Although it may indeed lead us to discover a reasonably good account of how the body works as a machine from minute to minute , taking in ...
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... living things , was known as ' mechanism ' . The human being was regarded as a very complicated machine , built up of these physico - chemical parts . A few rather eccentric biologists pointed out that there are many proper- ties of living ...
... living things , was known as ' mechanism ' . The human being was regarded as a very complicated machine , built up of these physico - chemical parts . A few rather eccentric biologists pointed out that there are many proper- ties of living ...
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... living systems , in the biological or human or social worlds . In living things what we have compared to tanks and pipes are themselves manufactured within the system . Some of the initial input is used to make the tanks , and the ...
... living systems , in the biological or human or social worlds . In living things what we have compared to tanks and pipes are themselves manufactured within the system . Some of the initial input is used to make the tanks , and the ...
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