Tending Adam's garden : evolving the cognitive immune self / Irun R. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Irun R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immune system--Popular works.

Immune system.

Immunology--Philosophy.

Immunology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Academic Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tending Adam's Garden describes and explains the way in which our immune system works from a novel perspective. The book uses metaphors and examples to bring the immune system to life and explores the fundamental miracle of nature. Written in plain language for a broad audience, this book encompasses much more than just immunology, exploring more fundamental matters such as causality, information, energy, evolution, cognition and individuality, as well as the strategy of the immune system and its role in health and disease.Key Features* Provides a unique perspective on the i

Contents:

Front Cover; Tending Adam's Garden: Evolving the Cognitive Immune Self; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Author; From the Pre-publication Quotes; Prologue; Chapter 1. Introduction; On Individuality; Chapter 2. On Causality and Evolution; Causality; Emergence; Evolution; Comparative Summary of Evolution; Chapter 3. On Cognition; Defining a Cognitive System; Decisions; Cognitive Images; Self-organization; The Cognitive Strategy; Comparative Summary of Cognition; Chapter 4. On Immunity; Immune Agents: Basic Briefing; Maintenance; Receptors; Degeneracy, Pleiotropia, Redundancy, Randomness

Geometry of Immune Cognition and Co-respondenceDynamics of Immune Cognition; Self-organization of Immune Cognition; Images and Patterns of Immune Cognition; Cognitive Decision-making; Comparative Summary of Immunity; Chapter 5. On Autoimmunity; Clonal Selection Theory Viewpoint; Organization of Autoimmunity; Utility of Autoimmunity; Causation of Autoimmune Disease; Therapy of Autoimmune Disease; Autoimmunity is of the Essence; Comparative Summary of Autoimmunity; Chapter 6. On Tending Adam's Garden; Adam; Tending the Garden; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-258) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-03273-5

9786611032739

0-08-054233-6

OCLC:

476109314