In this post, we will look at the book Cybernetics Of Living Matter: Nature, Man, Information edited by I. M. Markov.
About the book:
The book has been written by a team of leading Soviet authorities in the field of cybernetics, among them Academicians Yu. Ovchinnikov, A. Baev, V. Afanasyev, P. Anokhin, A. Migdal, Yu. Gulyaev.
The contributors discuss the latest achievements in biology from the viewpoint of cybernetics, describe multiple functions that constitute living matter, the basis of brain reliability, the psychics modeling limits, and the mathematical methods in psychology. Also, they examine the problems relating to life and age, death and immortality, and the experimental ways of making life longer. The book will undoubtedly be of interest to all
those interested in or concerned with, cybernetics or allied fields.
The book was translated from the Russian by Vitaly Kisin and compiled by V. D. Pekelis and edited by I. M. Makarov.
Contents
Preface. Yu. A. Ovchinnikov 7
Note from the Compiler. V. D. Pekelis 10
I. Biology and Information 23
Biology Today 23
Basic Tendencies in Physico-Chemical Biology. Yu. A. Ovchinnikov 23
Genetics, Evolution, and Theoretical Biology. N. V. Timofeev-Resovsky 33
Transition to Constructing Living Systems. A. A. Baev 41
Autowaves: An Interdisciplinary Finding. G. R. Ivanitskyt V. I. Krinsky, and 0. A. Mornev 52
Cybernetics’ Standpoint 75
Cybernetics Approach to Theoretical Biology. A. A. Lyapunov 75
Information Tneory and Evolution. M. V. Volkenshtein 83
Control Sciences and the Harvest. Yu. M. Svirezhev 94
II. The Complexity of Living Systems 105
Integrity of Life 105
On Systematic and Integral Nature of Man. V. G. Afanasyev 105
The Contribution of Psychology to Systems Research of Man. B. F. Lomov 115
Brain and Intelligence 127
Natural Intelligence versus Artificial Intelligence: The Philosophical View. P. K. Anokhin 127
On Reliability of the Brain. A. B. Kogan 142
Novel Aspects 154
Diurnal Rhythms and Adaptation. V. N. Reushkin 154
Searching Activity, Sleep, and Stability of the Organism. V. S. Rotenberg 183
On Man’s “Third State”. V. I. Klimova 195
III. Difficulties on the Road to Truth 203
Science and New Information 203
Road to Truth (on the scientific method of cognition. A. B. Migdal and E. V. Netesova 203
The Dynamics of New Truths in Biological Sciences. S. E. Shnol 217
On New Knowledge in Biological Studies. B. V. Biryukov 229
Criteria of Existence and Conflicting Situations in Science. D. I. Dubrovsky 237
New Horizons in Cognition 244
The Physical Fields of Biological Objects. Yu. V. Gulyaev and E. E. Godik 244
Man’s Magnetic Fields. V. L. Vvedensky and V. I. Ozhogin 225
Radio Freguency Emission of Human Body and Medical Diagnostics. V. S. Troitsky 266
Several Problems in Psychology 276
The Psychology of Cognition and Cybernetics. B. M. Velich-kovsky 276
Subconsciousness and Superconsciousness. P. V. Simonov 292
The Principle of Active Operator in Engineering Psychology. B. F. Lomov 307
The Organism and Age 325
Ageing and Old Age. V. I. Klimova 325
Extension of Human Life: The Biological Dimension and Experimentation. V. V. Frolkis and Kh. K. Muradyan 336
Overhaul of Man. V. D. Pekelis 352
About The Authors 361
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