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The complexity paradox :

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0199330344 (hardback)

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9780199330348 (hardback)

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The complexity paradox :

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[Book]

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the more answers we find, the more questions we have /

First Statement of Responsibility

Kenneth l. Mossman

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xix, 264 pages :

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illustrations ;

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25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index

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Chapter 1. The Complexity Paradox -- Chapter 2. Laws to Live By -- Chapter 3. Forces of Nature -- Chapter 4. Biological Complexity -- Chapter 5. A Free and Independent Life -- Chapter 6. Altered States -- Chapter 7. The Trinity -- Chapter 8. The Mother of All Diseases -- Chapter 9. Brain Drain -- Chapter 10. Desperately Seeking Methuselah -- Chapter 11. Emergence Medicine

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"Living systems exhibit a fundamental contradiction: they are highly stable and reliable, yet they have the capacity to adapt to changing environmental conditions. This paradoxical behavior arises from the complexity of life--a high degree of order and cooperation that emerges from relatively simple interactions among cellular components. The Complexity Paradox proposes inventive, interdisciplinary approaches to maintaining health and managing and preventing disease by considering the totality of human biology, from the cellular level on up to entire populations of individuals. From the perspective of complexity, which acknowledges that there are limits to what we can know, Kenneth L. Mossman opens the door to understanding essential life processes in new and extraordinary ways. By tying together evolution, functional dynamics, and investigations into how the body processes energy and uses genetic information, Mossman's analysis expresses a unified theory of biology that fills a critical niche for future research in biology, medicine, and public health"--

Biocomplexity

Complexity (Philosophy)

Human biology-- Philosophy

Medicine-- Philosophy

Biological Phenomena

Pathologic Processes

Physiological Phenomena

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Mossman, Kenneth L.,1946-2014

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20150519150855.0

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