Man adapting
By: René Jules Dubos
Series: Yale University. Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 527
Subjects: Medicine -- Philosophy; Human beings -- Influence of environment
Description: "The dominant theme of the present book is that the states of health or diease are the expression of the success or failure experienced by the organism in its efforts to respond adaptively to environmental challenges. ... But experience shows that human beings are not passive components in adaptive systems." Professor Dubos illustrates his thesis with examples from many fields of research. -from dust jacket.
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