The Kybernetics of Natural Systems
A Study in Patterns of Control
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1960
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Authors: D. Stanley-Jones, K. Stanley-Jones
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 8 0 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 1 4 5 - 8
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… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe 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.
PrefaceIntroductionI Kybernetics of Non-Living Systems Negative and Positive Feed-Back Stability and Runaway Explosive and Controlled Reactions Pulsating Stars Exploding Stars Kybemetic Patterns of BehaviourII Control of Involuntary Muscles The Autonomic Nervous System Relaxation and Spasm The Pelvic Sphincters Kybernetics of ChildbirthIII Control of Voluntary Muscles Error or Distance from Goal Kybernetics of Nystagmus Oculo-Gyric CrisesIV Kybernetics of Neural Control Levels of Organization The Unit of Neural Energy Sensory Deprivation The Source of Neural EnergyV Kybernetics of Invertebrates The Swimming of Jelly Fish The Movements of Anemones The Spawning of Mussels Oscillation and Stability in Worms Flight Control in Locusts Dynamics of the CockroachVI Kybernetics of Vertebrates The Lamprey The Lateral Line The Otoliths Stretch Receptors in Fish Muscle Spindles in Mammals The Anti-Gravity Augmentor System Acute and Chronic Poliomyelitis Spinal Animals Decerebrate Animals The Influence of GravityVII Kybernetics of Human Society The Laws of Kybemetics Kybernetics and Sociology Kybernetics and the Historical Process Kybemetics of War The Destiny of ManIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1960
- Imprint: Pergamon
- No. of pages: 164
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483208022
- eBook ISBN: 9781483221458
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