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... Bertalanffy's organismic concept in biology . It may be remembered that already Prigogine in his v classic ( 1947 ) mentioned meteorology as one possible field of application of open systems . GROWTH - IN - TIME The simplest forms of ...
... Bertalanffy's organismic concept in biology . It may be remembered that already Prigogine in his v classic ( 1947 ) mentioned meteorology as one possible field of application of open systems . GROWTH - IN - TIME The simplest forms of ...
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... Bertalanffy .... If [ Bertalanffy's theory ] were true , then the ob- served seasonal variation in metabolic type would imply a sea- sonal variation in the type of growth rate . ' As a matter of fact , precisely this has been found in ...
... Bertalanffy .... If [ Bertalanffy's theory ] were true , then the ob- served seasonal variation in metabolic type would imply a sea- sonal variation in the type of growth rate . ' As a matter of fact , precisely this has been found in ...
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... Bertalanffy are reviewed with respect to their experi- mental applications . 2. The models of both open system and feedback apply to a wide range of phenomena in physiology , and represent essential expansions of physical theory . The ...
... Bertalanffy are reviewed with respect to their experi- mental applications . 2. The models of both open system and feedback apply to a wide range of phenomena in physiology , and represent essential expansions of physical theory . The ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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