Confrontation of the cybernetic definition of a living individual with the real world

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-28

  Korzeniewski, Bernard ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological evolution; Biological information; Complexity; Negative feedback; Positive feedback

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CYBERNETICS; EVOLUTION; LIFE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CYBERNETICS; EVOLUTION; LIFE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 20144374830     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-005-7000-7     Document Type: Article

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