The Complexity Paradox proposes inventive, interdisciplinary approaches to maintaining health and managing and preventing disease. It examines life from the perspective of complexity, which acknowledges the limits of what we can know while helping us to understand life processes in new and extraordinary ways. Num Pages: 288 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: MMG; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 618. . 2014. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . .

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Title: The Complexity Paradox: The More Answers We Find, the More Questions We Have
Publisher: OUP USA
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0199330344
ISBN 13: 9780199330348
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Living systems exhibit a fundamental contradiction: they are highly stable and reliable, yet they have the capacity to adapt to changing environmental conditions. This paradoxical behavior arises from the complexity of life--a high degree of order and cooperation that emerges from relatively simple interactions among cellular components. The Complexity Paradox proposes inventive, interdisciplinary approaches to maintaining health and managing and preventing disease by considering the totality of human biology, from the cellular level on up to entire populations of individuals. From the perspective of complexity, which acknowledges that there are limits to what we can know, Kenneth L. Mossman opens the door to understanding essential life processes in new and extraordinary ways. By tying together evolution, functional dynamics, and investigations into how the body processes energy and uses genetic information, Mossman's analysis expresses a unified theory of biology that fills a critical niche for future research in biology, medicine, and public health.

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Kenneth L. Mossman is former Professor of Health Physics in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, and had served as an Administrative Judge for the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In 2013, he was appointed by the President of the United States to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. Dr. Mossman died suddenly in January of 2014. He was known for his research into the biological effects of low-level radiation, radiological risk assessment and risk management, and radiation protection and public policy.

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