Bounding the Field The Membrane and the Wall A New Approach to Biological Systems Usually a system or a subsystem is defined by means of a system boundary. The process of analysis and the scientific practice of isolating and defining prescribes such a device as a closed system. The boundary defines the closure. It may simply be stated: there are no closed systems. All systems are open. Then what is the alternative to the system boundary? A cell may be regarded as a system. This is … [Read more...]
Bounding the Field
December 14, 2013 by admin
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Blindness, Goals . . .
December 12, 2013 by admin
Blindness, Goals . . . [from conference proceedings, 1988] Sometimes we have a blind enchantment with the kind of material well-being we have enjoyed in recent decades. During this era of expanding productivity and increasing technology we have neglected many essentials of life. We have forgotten our dependence upon other life forms. We have considered science and technology to be goals in and of themselves. Consider this statement of Albert Einstein: "What hopes and fears … [Read more...]
