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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... space and are made of matter and energy organized by information . 1. Space and time In the most general mathematical sense , a space is a set of elements which conform to certain postulates . Euclidean space , for instance , consists ...
... space and are made of matter and energy organized by information . 1. Space and time In the most general mathematical sense , a space is a set of elements which conform to certain postulates . Euclidean space , for instance , consists ...
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... space is a common space because it is the only space in which all concrete systems , living and nonliving , exist ( though some may exist in other spaces simultaneously ) . Physical space is shared by all scientific observers , and all ...
... space is a common space because it is the only space in which all concrete systems , living and nonliving , exist ( though some may exist in other spaces simultaneously ) . Physical space is shared by all scientific observers , and all ...
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... space of degrees of temperature before the transformation from that space to the other spaces of the centimeter - gram - second sys- tem were known . Any scientific observations about a designated space which cannot be transformed to other ...
... space of degrees of temperature before the transformation from that space to the other spaces of the centimeter - gram - second sys- tem were known . Any scientific observations about a designated space which cannot be transformed to other ...
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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