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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: neolib who wrote (7940)	11/5/2006 9:07:29 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 36917

I agree. NATURAL SCIENCE I. tide pools When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy Each microcosmic planet A complete society A simple kind mirror To reflect upon our own All the busy little creatures Chasing out their destinies Living in their pools They soon forget about the sea... Wheels within wheels In a spiral array A pattern so grand And complex Time after time We lose sight of the way Our causes cant see Their effects Ii. hyperspace A quantum leap forward In time and in space The universe learned to expand The mess and the magic Triumphant and tragic A mechanized world, out of hand Computerized clinic For superior cynics Who dance to a synthetic band In their own image Their world is fashioned --- No wonder they dont understand Wheels within wheels In a spiral array A pattern so grand And complex Time after time We lose sight of the way Our causes cant see Their effects Iii. permanent waves Science, like nature Must also be tamed With a view towards its preservation Given the same State of integrity It will surely serve us well Art as expression --- Not as market campaigns Will still capture our imaginations Given the same State of integrity It will surely help us along The most endangered species --- The honest man Will still survive annihilation Forming a world --- State of integrity Sensitive, open, and strong Wave after wave Will flow with the tide And bury the world as it does Tide after tide Will flow and recede Leaving life to go on As it was...

To: neolib who wrote (7940)	11/6/2006 1:17:23 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

This one helps, too. Any science with control systems theory. What does "integrative" or "integrated" mean in operational terms? What makes physiology a distinct and recognizable discipline? Fred Grodins provided one answer: "The essence of physiology is regulation. It is this concern with ‘purposeful’ system responses which distinguish physiology from biophysics and biochemistry" (Ref. 1, p. 283). Regulation beyond "simple" molecule-to-molecule interaction requires an understanding of systems with feedback and complex interaction. "Biological systems maintain homeostasis by the action of complex regulatory systems" advan.physiology.org