Kybernetics of Natural Systems (eBook)

A Study in Patterns of Control

D. Stanley-Jones, K. Stanley-Jones (Autoren)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
164 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-2145-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The Kybernetics of Natural Systems: A Study in Patterns of Control provides an elementary account of linear feedback systems in which the correction of an error of performance is numerically proportional to that error itself. This book examines the nonlinear processes, which is of great importance for the understanding of controlled processes in the living organism. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the elementary propositions of kybernetics that are keys to the understanding of a great many patterns of working in psychology and physiology. This text then examines the interplay of dynamic and control during the process of childbirth. Other chapters consider the kybernetic description of a physiological sequence, which differs from the pattern of the reflex arc. This book discusses as well the axioms and principles of kybernetics. The final chapter deals with the laws of kybernetics. This book is a valuable resource for physiologists.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
The Kybernetics of Natural Systems: A Study in Patterns of Control 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Preface 6
INTRODUCTION 12
CHAPTER 1. KYBERNETICS OF NON-LIVING SYSTEMS 14
Negative and positive feed-back 14
Stability and Runaway 15
Explosive and Controlled Reactions 17
Pulsating Stars 21
Exploding Stars 24
Kybemetic Patterns of Behaviour 27
CHAPTER 2. CONTROL OF INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES 31
The Autonomic Nervous System 31
Relaxation and Spasm 34
The Pelvic Sphincters 37
Kybernetics of Childbirth 40
CHAPTER 3. CONTROL OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLES 45
Error or Distance from Goal 45
Kybernetics of Nystagmus 47
Oculo-gyric Crises 51
CHAPTER 4. KYBERNETICS OF NEURAL CONTROL 60
Levels of Organization 60
The Unit of Neural Energy 62
Sensory Deprivation 68
The Source of Neural Energy 72
CHAPTER 5. KYBERNETICS OF INVERTEBRATES 75
The Swimming of Jelly Fish 75
The Movements of Anemones 79
The Spawning of Mussels 79
Oscillation and Stability in Worms 80
Flight Control in Locusts 82
Dynamics of the Cockroach 84
CHAPTER 6. KYBERNETICS OF VERTEBRATES 88
The Lamprey 88
The Lateral Line 90
The Otoliths 98
Stretch Receptors in Fish 105
Muscle Spindles in Mammals 111
The Anti-gravity Augmentor System 117
Acute and Chronic Poliomyelitis 121
Spinal Animals 123
Decerebrate Animals 130
The Influence of Gravity 136
CHAPTER 7. KYBERNETICS OF HUMAN SOCIETY 143
The Laws of Kybemetics 143
Kybernetics and Sociology 144
Kybernetics and the Historical Process 145
Kybemetics of War 147
The Destiny of Man 149
INDEX 152

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-2145-8 / 1483221458
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-2145-8 / 9781483221458