Living SystemsOffering a detailed analysis of each of the major aspects and characteristics encountered at all seven levels, Living Systems identifies multiple variables of each of 9 matter-energy and information-processing subsystems, the normal and pathological states of these variables, and practical indicators for measuring changes in them. It also specifies cross-level formal identities among the levels and describes the artifacts, machines, or technologies at each level. |
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... body and one or more protoplasmic exten- sions from it . The cell body contains a large vesicular nucleus with a conspicuous nucleolus and a cytoplasm crowded with organelles , including many mitochon- dria , oriented in a roughly ...
... body and one or more protoplasmic exten- sions from it . The cell body contains a large vesicular nucleus with a conspicuous nucleolus and a cytoplasm crowded with organelles , including many mitochon- dria , oriented in a roughly ...
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... body cross - sectional area . When rate of heat produc- tion is plotted against body weight on a logarithmic scale , the points fall close to a straight line over a size range from mice to elephants , and a " weight " range from about ...
... body cross - sectional area . When rate of heat produc- tion is plotted against body weight on a logarithmic scale , the points fall close to a straight line over a size range from mice to elephants , and a " weight " range from about ...
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... body are being touched . 137 The succes- sive recodings distort the projections upon the nuclei in the ascending channels , so that representations of some parts of the body at higher echelons , differing from one species to another ...
... body are being touched . 137 The succes- sive recodings distort the projections upon the nuclei in the ascending channels , so that representations of some parts of the body at higher echelons , differing from one species to another ...
Contents
Tables of the Critical Subsystems | xi |
Preface to the First Edition | xxvii |
Outline of Chapters 3 4 and 6 through 12 | xxxviii |
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