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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... structure of music " or the " structure of a nerve impulse " -con- ceptual patterns or patterns in time - as well as the " structure of a crystal " or the " structure of the pel- vis " -patterns in space . It is a contribution to ...
... structure of music " or the " structure of a nerve impulse " -con- ceptual patterns or patterns in time - as well as the " structure of a crystal " or the " structure of the pel- vis " -patterns in space . It is a contribution to ...
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... structure . ' The closest analogue in the com- munity of the anatomical use of ' structure ' is the arrangement of streets , houses , and other buildings . A further point is this : in common terms , and also in biology , ' structure ...
... structure . ' The closest analogue in the com- munity of the anatomical use of ' structure ' is the arrangement of streets , houses , and other buildings . A further point is this : in common terms , and also in biology , ' structure ...
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... structure of one kind or another . " The concept ' process ' predicates that a structure under the play of external forces and through its own energy undergoes action or acts so that change affects it . By pro- cesses , therefore , ...
... structure of one kind or another . " The concept ' process ' predicates that a structure under the play of external forces and through its own energy undergoes action or acts so that change affects it . By pro- cesses , therefore , ...
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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