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From clocks to chaos : the rhythms of life / Leon Glass and Michael C. Mackey.
LIBRA QH527 .G595 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glass, Leon, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biological rhythms.
- Biological rhythms--Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1988]
- Summary:
- In an important new contribution to the literature of chaos, two distinguished researchers in the field of physiology probe central theoretical questions about physiological rhythms. Topics discussed include: How are rhythms generated? How do they start and stop? What are the effects of perturbation of the rhythms? How are oscillations organized in space? One of the most interesting features of the book is that it makes a start at explaining "dynamical diseases" that are not the result of infection by pathogens but that stem from abnormalities in the timing of essential functions.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [211]-241.
- ISBN:
- 0691084955
- 0691084963
- OCLC:
- 17199934
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