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1IntroductionAmazon logo Galilei, G. (1638). Excerpt from Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences. Translated by H. Crew and A. de Salvio. New York, NY: Reprinted by Dover Publications, 1954. ISBN: 9780486600994.

Amazon logo Nabi, I. "On the Tendencies of Motion." In The Dialectical Biologist. Edited by R. Levins and R. C. Lewontin. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780674202832.

Howard, D. A. "Albert Einstein as a Philosopher of Science." Phys Today (December 2005): 34-40.
2The Process of Model BuildingZwislocki, J. "Analysis of the Middle-Ear Function. Part I: Input Impedance." J Acoust Soc Am 34 (1962): 1514-1523.

Kringlebotn, M. "Network Model for the Human Middle Ear." Scand. Audiol 17 (1988): 75-85.

Pascal, J., A. Bourgeade, M. Lagier, and C. Legros. "Linear and Nonlinear Model of the Human Middle Ear." J Acoust Joc Am 104 (1998): 1509-1516.
3Analytic vs. ComputationalLynch, T. J., V. Nedzelnitsky, and W. T. Peake. "Input Impedance of the Cochlea in Cat." J Acoust Soc Am 72 (1982): 108-130.

Puria, S., and J. B. Allen. "A Parametric Study of Cochlear Input Impedance." J Acoust Soc Am 89 (1991): 287-309.

Shera, C. A., and G. Zweig. "A Symmetry Suppresses the Cochlear Catastrophe." J Acoust Soc Am 89 (1991): 1276-1289.
4Detailed vs. Heuristic IKalluri, S., and B. Delgutte. "Mathematical Models of Cochlear Nucleus on set Neurons. II. Model with Dynamic Spike-Blocking State." J Comput Neurosci 14 (2003): 91-110.

Zhou, Y., L. H. Carney, and H. S. Colburn. "A Model for Interaural Time Difference Sensitivity in the Medial Superior Olive: Interaction of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Inputs, Channel Dynamics, and Cellular Morphology." J Neurosci 25 (2005): 3046-3058.

Goldstein, M. H., and N. Y. S. Kiang. "Synchrony of Neural Activity in Electric Responses Evoked by Transient Acoustic Stimuli." J Acoust Soc Am 30 (1958): 107-114.
5Special Topic I: Dimensional Analysis and ScalingAmazon logo Galilei, G. Excerpts from Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences. Translated by H. Crew and A. de Salvio. New York, NY: Reprinted by Dover Publications, 1954. ISBN: 9780486600994.

Amazon logo Thompson, D. W. "On Magnitude." In On Growth and Form: A New Edition. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press by Dover Publications, 1942. ISBN: 9780521066228.

McMahon, T. "Size and Shape in Biology." Science 179 (1973): 1201-1204.

West, G. B., J. H. Brown, and B. J. Enquist. "The Fourth Dimension of Life: Fractal Geometry and Allometric Scaling of Organisms." Science 284 (1999): 1677-1679.
6Field TripElhilali, M., J. B. Fritz, D. J. Klein, J. Z. Simon, and S. A. Shamma. "Dynamics of Precise Spike Timing in Primary Auditory Cortex." J Neurosci 24 (2004): 1159-1172.
7Detailed vs. Heuristic IISmith, E. C., and M. S. Lewicki. "Efficient Auditory Coding." Nature 439 (2006): 978-982.

Kayser, C., C. I. Petkov, M. Lippert, and N. K. Logothetis. "Mechanisms for Allocating Auditory Attention: An Auditory Saliency Map." Curr Bio 15 (2005): 1943-1947.
8Special Topic II: Curve Fitting, Resampling, and Monte CarloGott, J. R. "Implications of the Copernican Principle for our Future Prospects." Nature 363 (1993): 315-319.

Yedid, G., and G. Bell. "Macroevolution Simulated with Autonomously Replicating Computer Programs." Nature 420 (2002): 810-812.
9Forward vs. InverseZweig, G. "Finding the Impedance of the Organ of Corti." J Acoust Soc Am 89 (1991): 1229-1254.

Neely, S. T. "A Model of Cochlear Mechanics with Outer Hair Cell Motility." J Acoust Soc Am 94 (1993): 137-146.

Kolston, P. J., and J. F. Ashmore. "Finite Element Micromechanical Modeling of the Cochlea in Three Dimensions." J Acoust Soc Am 99 (1996): 455-467.
10Special Topic III: Chaos and the Limits to PredictionLorenz, E. N. "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow." J Atmos Sci 20 (1963): 130-141.

Fiegenbaum, M. J. "Universal Behavior in Nonlinear Systems." Los Alamos Science 1 (1980): 4-27.
11Special Topic IV: Molecular Mathematical BiologyTuring, A. M. "The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis." Phil Trans Roy Soc Lond B 237 (1952): 37-72.

Yuh, C. -H., H. Bolouri, and E. H. Davidson. "Genomic Cis-Regulatory Logic: Experimental and Computational Analysis of a Sea Urchin Gene." Science 279 (1998): 1896-1902.

Dassow, G. von, E. Meir, E. M. Munro, and G. M. Odell. "The Segment Polarity Network is a Robust Developmental Module." Nature 406 (2000): 188-192.
12Student Selections IWhite, R. D., and K. Grosh. "Microengineered Hydromechanical Cochlear Model." Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 102 (2005): 1296-1301.

Allen, J. B., and S. T. Neely. "Modeling the Relation between the Intensity Just-Noticeable Difference and Loudness for Pure Tones and Wideband Noise." J Acoust Soc Am 102 (1997): 3628-3646.
13Student Selections IIXu, Y., and L. M. Collins. "Predicting the Threshold of Single-Pulse Electrical Stimuli using a Stochastic Auditory Nerve Model: The Effects of Noise." IEEE Trans Biomed Engr 50 (2003): 825-835.

O'Gorman, D. E., J. A. White, and C. A. Shera. "Realistically Irregular and Desynchronized Neural Firing without Physiological Noise." In preparation. 2006.
14The Relation between Theory and ExperimentHodgkin, A. L., A. F. Huxley, and B. Katz. "Measurement of Current-Voltage Relations in the Membrane of the Giant Axon of Loligo." J Physiol 116 (1952): 424-448.

Hodgkin, A. L., and A. F. Huxley. "Currents Carried by Sodium and Potassium through the Membrane of the Giant Axon of Loligo." J Physiol 116 (1952a): 449-472.

———. "The Components of Membrane Conductance in the Giant Axon of Loligo." J Physiol 116 (1952b): 473-496.

———. "The Dual Effect of Membrane Potential on Sodium Conductance in the Giant Axon of Loligo." J Physiol 116 (1952c): 497-506.

———. "A Quantitative Description of Membrane Current and its Application to Conductance and Excitation in Nerve." J Physiol 117 (1952d): 500-544.
15RecapitulationAmazon logo Levins, R., and R. C. Lewontin. "Conclusion: Dialectics." In The Dialectical Biologist. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780674202832.

Weinberg, S. "Two Cheers for Reductionism." In Dreams of a Final Theory. New York, NY: Random House, 1992.

 








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