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110622s2011 enk b 000 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
978-0199608485 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
570.1 |
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AUL |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Auletta, Gennaro |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Cognitive biology: dealing with information from bacteria to minds |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
854 p.; |
| Dimensions |
26 cm. |
| Other physical details |
ill., |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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INR |
| Price amount |
10890.50 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"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"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Biology |
| General subdivision |
Philosophy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Cognitive science. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Systems biology. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cognition |
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physiology. |
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Systems Biology. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Adaptation, Physiological. |
| 650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Brain |
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physiology. |
| 650 22 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Learning |
| General subdivision |
physiology. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011026838-b.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011026838-b.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Publisher description |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011026838-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011026838-d.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents only |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011026838-t.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011026838-t.html</a> |
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Books |
