Bøker av Michael C. Mackey

Though the authors have no definitive solution to the problem, they offer this contribution in an attempt to define the problem as they see it, and to sketch out several obvious attempts that have been suggested to solve the problem and which seem to have failed.

Probes central theoretical questions about physiological rhythms. Topics discussed include: how are rhythms generated? How do they start and stop? What are the effects of perturbation of the rhythms? How are oscillations organized in space? This book is useful for biological scientists, physicians, physical scientists, and mathematicians.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics has been called the most important law of nature: It is the law that gives a direction to processes that is not inherent in the laws of motion, that says the state of the universe is driven to thermal equilibrium.