F. Eugene Yates

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Yates, E.F. 1992. Order and complexity in dynamical systems: Homeodynamics as general mechanism for biology. In Mikulecky/Witten, Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Complex Systems, #—#. theoretical biology

Yates, E.F., ed. 1988. Self-organizing Systems: The Emergence of Order. New York: Plenum.

Yates, E.F. 1985. Semiotics as bridge between information (biology) and dynamics (physics). Recherches Sémiotique/Semiotic Inquiry 5: 347—360. theoretical biology

Yates, E.F. 1999. On the Dynamics of Development and Aging Handbook of Theories of Aging.

homeokinetics

Yates on Iberall's Reynold's number

What is consciousness?

"We physiologists notice that some of the greats in our science achieved that stature
by finding the organism that in the laboratory or field would permit them (cleverly)
to extract answers to important questions. Some examples are:
Darwin (beetles and finches)
Mendel (pea plant)
Starling (dogs - heart/lung circulation model)
Morgan (fruit fly)
Hodgkin-Huxley (squid)
Brenner (worm)
Hubel and Wiesel (cat)
Kandel (sea slug)
Delbruck, Luria et al. (bacteriophages)
McClintock (maize)......
(Lots of Nobelists on this list.)
The question then is: What is the ideal organism for the study of consciousness?" (email 7/7/09)