Author: Wiener, Norbert ; & Schadé, J.P.; editors:
Title: Progress in Biocybernetics. Volume 1
Description: Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1964. orig.cloth, dustwrappers. 23x16cm, 204 pp. Some inked marks to table-of-contents page.. Some rubbing. Binding cornert bumps. Good. ¶ Contains 18 papers concerning cybernetics of the endocrine system; Cybernertics and audiology; Cybernetics of cell systems; general aspects of biocybernetics. Includes: Steroid action on central nervous system and cvontrol of ACTH secretion; The application of mathematical discrimination inthe differential diagnosis of two tyopes of diabetes; The signfiicance of cybernetic phenomena in audiology; Position of the head in space as a result of the optimum perceptivity of ceertain sensory organs; Ther regulaton of cell numbers in mouse epidermis as simulated by an analogue computer- its rleation to experiemtnal skin carcinogenesis; Adaptable cellular nets; Oscillation in the production of erythrocytes; The stability of the respiratory servomechanism: an analog computer study; The control of msucles; etc.

Keywords: Biological Control Systems, Biocybernetics, Cybernetics, , , , , ,