A cybernetic view of biological growth : the Maia hypothesis /

"Maia is the story of an idea - and its development into a working hypothesis - that provides a cybernetic interpretation of how growth is controlled. Growth at this level is controlled by regulating the specific rate of growth. Access to control mechanism output is achieved by perturbing the g...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Stebbing, Tony
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Growth > Regulation. Biological control systems. Cybernetics. Vertebrates > physiology. Population Growth. Population Control.