Screen LibraryWhere medicine went wrong : rediscovering the path to complexity /
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life sciences ;
v. 11 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6175#t=toc |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi,337pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-326) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9812773096 (electronic bk.) 9789812773098 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | R-02 |
| Contents: | 1. Chance and variation. 1.1. The myth of equality. 1.2. Slaughter's Caf e. 1.3. What are the odds? 1.4. Odds against smallpox. 1.5. Information and chance -- 2. The expectation of health. 2.1. Control and cybernetics. 2.2. Temperature regulation. 2.3. Respiration regulation. 2.4. Cardiac regulation. 2.5. Averages are not sufficient -- 3. Even uncertainty has laws. 3.1. Randomness and measurement. 3.2. Chaos and determinism. 3.3. Wisdom is not static. 3.4. A new tradition -- 4. The uncertainty of health. 4.1. The different kinds of scientists. 4.2. The Emperor in exile. 4.3. What is wrong wi |