ISBN10: 0199608482, ISBN13: 9780199608485, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2011]

Oxford Univ Pr 2011 Softcover New 944 pages. 9.84x7.56x1.97 inches.

ISBN10: 0199608482, ISBN13: 9780199608485, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Like New
[Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2011]

Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2011. Paperback. New. 944 pages. 9.84x7.56x1.97 inches. 2011. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0199608482 9780199608485 [GB]

ISBN10: 0199608482, ISBN13: 9780199608485, [publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford] Softcover Providing a new conceptual scaffold for further research in biology and cognition, this book introduces the new field of Cognitive Biology: a systems biology approach showing that further progress in this field will depend on a deep recognition of developmental processes, as well as on the consideration of the developed organism as an agent able to modify and control its surrounding environment. The role of cognition, the means through which the organism is able to cope with its environment, cannot be underestimated. In particular, it is shown that this activity is grounded on a theory of information based on Bayesian probabilities. The organism is considered as a cybernetic system able to integrate a processor as a source of variety (the genetic system), a regulator of its own homeostasis (the metabolic system), and a selecting system separating the self from the non-self (the membrane in unicellular organisms). Any organism is a complex system that can survive only if it is able to maintain its internal order against the spontaneous tendency towards disruption. Therefore, it is forced to monitor and control its environment and so to establish feedback circuits resulting in co-adaptation. Cognitive and biological processes are shown to be inseparable. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or ...

ISBN10: 0199608482, ISBN13: 9780199608485, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover xx + 854 pp.
[Takoma Park, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011]

Oxford University Press 2011 Hard cover New

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Oxford University Press, Date: 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 9x1x7. Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square, strong joints, just lightly rubbed. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks and not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks unread. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. 2011. Oxford University Press ISBN 0199608482 9780199608485 [GB]

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