(Page 0003) across a vast range of physical, biological and other systems we are continually confronted with what seems to be immense complexity. And indeed throughout most ...

(Page 0831) And indeed this is true of any system. But as a practical matter we often end up describing what systems do in terms of purpose when this seems to us simpler than ...

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(Page 1008d) Notes for: Implications for Everyday Systems | Growth of Plants and Animals [Mollusc] shell model The center of the opening of a shell is taken to trace out a ...

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