Biocomplexity, Holistic Science, and Further Frontiers

Biocomplexity, Holistic Science, Biocomplexity, Holistic Science, and Further Frontiersand Further Frontiers

Daguerreotype Daguerreotype

Source: Jewish History Archives

Old Medical DrawingOld Medical Drawing

Source: nlm.nih.gov

US TeraGrid computing network mapUS TeraGrid computing network map

Source: NCSA

Source: Dr. Rita Colwell

CholeraCholera

Sea Surface TemperatureMarch 1994

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Cholera in the Bay of Bengal, BangladeshCholera in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh

Source: B. Lobitz, U.S. NASA, Ames Research Center, Life Sciences Division

““When we try to When we try to pick out anything pick out anything by itself, we find by itself, we find

it hitched to it hitched to everything else in everything else in

the universe.”the universe.”

John Muir

Information TechnologyInformation Technology

Virtual environment SurgeryVirtual environment Surgery

Source: BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/

WalrusWalrus

Source: EnVision Vol 18 #2, April-June 2002

Source: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

New Technology in Clinical ApplicationsNew Technology in Clinical Applications

Collage of OceansCollage of Oceans

Source: Starting Clockwise; 1:csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk 2:www.sci.sdsu.edu 3:www.photolib.noaa.gov 4:www.agrino.org

Brittle StarsBrittle Stars

Source: B. Lobitz, NASA, Ames Research Center, Life Sciences Division

Brittle Star MicrolensesBrittle Star Microlenses

Source: B. Lobitz, NASA, Ames Research Center, Life Sciences Division

Collecting River SamplesCollecting River Samples

Source: Hans Paerl; courtesy Univ. of North Carolina’s Endeavors magazine