Multicellular Systems - Molecular Theory of the Living Cell - page 543

COMPLEXITY

Human
Physiology
(Mind,
Body,
Organs)

Synergies --- BocaRatonator-

P
I
S
C
A

Cell Biology
(Cells)

T

IDSs ---- Bhopalator --- A

W
A
Y
T
O

R

Biochemistry
(Chemical
Reactions,
Enzymes)

Conformons ---- RMWator -----

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Microscopic
(~ 10 -10 m)

Mesoscopic
(~ 10 -5 m)

Macroscopic
(~ 1 m)

Distance Scale

Fig. 15.16 Conformons, IDSs (Intracellular Dissipative Structures) (Sect. 3.1.2 ) , and synergies as
microscopic , mesoscopic , and macroscopic manifestations of gnergons (Sect. 2.3.2 ) or dissipatons
(Sect. 3.1.2 ). The gnergon-based model of human behavior is here referred to as the
“BocaRatonator” to acknowledge the seminal contributions made by Kelso and his colleagues at
the Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton, Florida. The term “RMWator” derives from R
(Richland, to acknowledge Xie and his colleagues for their measurement of single-molecule
enzymic activity of cholesterol oxidase while at The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in
Richland, WA), M (Minneapolis, to acknowledge Rufus Lumry and his colleagues' fundamental
contributions to enzymology at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis), and W (Waltham, to
acknowledge the seminal work on enzyme catalysis carried out by William Jencks and his group at
the Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass)

and 26 to Table 15.10. The theoretical model of the human body as a whole that
is based on the principle of self-organization was referred to as the Piscatawaytor in
(Ji 1991) (see Fig. 15.18 ). The various ators appearing in Fig. 15.16 are related as
shown in Eq. (15.22) where CD stands for coordination dynamics:

þ Bhopalator
MesoCD

þ BocaRatonator
MacroCD

RMWator
MicroCD

Piscatawaytor ¼ (15.22)

ð Þ ð Þ ð Þ

In December 2008, Professor Kelso visited Rutgers for 3 days and gave infor-
mative and inspiring seminars on coordination dynamics and the philosophy of
complementary pairs to both my General Honors Seminar students and a