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The kybernetics of natural systems a study in patterns of control,
The Kybernetics of Natural Systems.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
�1960.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Kybernetics of Natural Systems: A Study in Patterns of Control; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. KYBERNETICS OF NON-LIVING SYSTEMS; Negative and positive feed-back; Stability and Runaway; Explosive and Controlled Reactions; Pulsating Stars; Exploding Stars; Kybemetic Patterns of Behaviour; CHAPTER 2. CONTROL OF INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES; The Autonomic Nervous System; Relaxation and Spasm; The Pelvic Sphincters; Kybernetics of Childbirth; CHAPTER 3. CONTROL OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLES; Error or Distance from Goal; Kybernetics of Nystagmus
- Oculo-gyric CrisesCHAPTER 4. KYBERNETICS OF NEURAL CONTROL; Levels of Organization; The Unit of Neural Energy; Sensory Deprivation; The Source of Neural Energy; CHAPTER 5. KYBERNETICS OF INVERTEBRATES; The Swimming of Jelly Fish; The Movements of Anemones; The Spawning of Mussels; Oscillation and Stability in Worms; Flight Control in Locusts; Dynamics of the Cockroach; CHAPTER 6. KYBERNETICS OF VERTEBRATES; The Lamprey; The Lateral Line; The Otoliths; Stretch Receptors in Fish; Muscle Spindles in Mammals; The Anti-gravity Augmentor System; Acute and Chronic Poliomyelitis; Spinal Animals
- Decerebrate AnimalsThe Influence of Gravity; CHAPTER 7. KYBERNETICS OF HUMAN SOCIETY; The Laws of Kybemetics; Kybernetics and Sociology; Kybernetics and the Historical Process; Kybemetics of War; The Destiny of Man; INDEX