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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... echelon appeared as evolutionary novelties in a species which previously had been complete and capable of surviv- ing without them ( see pages 466 to 468 ) . As these new components were added , neural tracts developed to connect them ...
... echelon appeared as evolutionary novelties in a species which previously had been complete and capable of surviv- ing without them ( see pages 466 to 468 ) . As these new components were added , neural tracts developed to connect them ...
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... echelon to echelon down the chain of command . On the basis of firsthand knowl- edge Faas and Arnett have written : A reporter was present at a hamlet burned down by the U.S. Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division in 1967. Investigation showed ...
... echelon to echelon down the chain of command . On the basis of firsthand knowl- edge Faas and Arnett have written : A reporter was present at a hamlet burned down by the U.S. Army's 1st Air Cavalry Division in 1967. Investigation showed ...
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... echelon to all com- ponent organizations of the system . China , like the Soviet Union , has a decider with a dual structure , the party chairman and the premier constituting the top echelon . An elected legislature is a second echelon ...
... echelon to all com- ponent organizations of the system . China , like the Soviet Union , has a decider with a dual structure , the party chairman and the premier constituting the top echelon . An elected legislature is a second echelon ...
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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