LEADER 03487nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910456796103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35160-5 010 $a9786612351600 010 $a0-300-15637-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300156379 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010774 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24038140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000341254 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11243923 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341254 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10390292 035 $a(PQKB)11424942 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420489 035 $a(DE-B1597)486078 035 $a(OCoLC)586150065 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300156379 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420489 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10347222 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235160 035 $a(OCoLC)923593899 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010774 100 $a20090212d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParadoxical life$b[electronic resource] $emeaning, matter, and the power of human choice /$fAndreas Wagner 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-14923-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. The Inner Dialogue of Creation -- $tChapter 2. The Other Side of Self -- $tChapter 3. Wholey Parts and Partly Wholes -- $tChapter 4. Risky Refuges -- $tChapter 5. Destructive Creation -- $tChapter 6. Choice in the Fabric of Chance and Necessity -- $tChapter 7. Purposeful Openness -- $tChapter 8. Choice and the Natural Sciences -- $tChapter 9. The Limits to Knowledge -- $tChapter 10. The Power and Burden of Freedom -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aWhat can a fingernail tell us about the mysteries of creation? In one sense, a nail is merely a hunk of mute matter, yet in another, it's an information superhighway quite literally at our fingertips. Every moment, streams of molecular signals direct our cells to move, flatten, swell, shrink, divide, or die. Andreas Wagner's ambitious new book explores this hidden web of unimaginably complex interactions in every living being. In the process, he unveils a host of paradoxes underpinning our understanding of modern biology, contradictions he considers gatekeepers at the frontiers of knowledge.Though we tend to think of concepts in such mutually exclusive pairs as mind-matter, self-other, and nature-nurture, Wagner argues that these opposing ideas are not actually separate. Indeed, they are as inextricably connected as the two sides of a coin. Through a tour of modern biological marvels, Wagner illustrates how this paradoxical tension has a profound effect on the way we define the world around us. Paradoxical Life is thus not only a unique account of modern biology. It ultimately serves a radical-and optimistic-outlook for humans and the world we help create. 606 $aBiology$xPhilosophy 606 $aParadox 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBiology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aParadox. 676 $a570.1 700 $aWagner$b Andreas$f1967 Jan. 26-$01045514 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456796103321 996 $aParadoxical life$92471861 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01862oam 2200445zu 450 001 996214311303316 005 20210807004642.0 010 $a1-118-66567-8 035 $a(CKB)3450000000004548 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000815199 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11428298 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000815199 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10805969 035 $a(PQKB)11568833 035 $a(NjHacI)993450000000004548 035 $a(PPN)189033983 035 $a(EXLCZ)993450000000004548 100 $a20160829d2002 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCalibration of Watershed Models 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cAmerican Geophysical Union$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (462 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-87590-355-X 330 $aDuring the past four decades, computer-based mathematical models of watershed hydrology have been widely used for a variety of applications including hydrologic forecasting, hydrologic design, and water resources management. These models are based on general mathematical descriptions of the watershed processes that transform natural forcing (e.g., rainfall over the landscape) into response (e.g., runoff in the rivers). The user of a watershed hydrology model must specify the model parameters before the model is able to properly simulate the watershed behavior. 606 $aWatersheds$xMathematical models 615 0$aWatersheds$xMathematical models. 676 $a551.48 700 $aDuan$b Qingyun$0868446 702 $aSorooshian$b Soroosh 702 $aGupta$b Hoshin V 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996214311303316 996 $aCalibration of Watershed Models$91938592 997 $aUNISA