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100 CLOUDS. "Not all genera have all species, and not all species have all varieties, but in all there are about 100 combinations. In additional to the first three levels of classification, certain supplementary features and accessory clouds are also defined." https://lnkd.in/duyznjv View in LinkedIn

CLOUD TYPES. "Ten cloud genera are subdivided into 14 species (secondary classifications), which describe shape and internal structure, and 9 varieties (tertiary classifications), which describe the transparency and arrangement of clouds." https://lnkd.in/duyznjv View in LinkedIn

ON CHAOS AND ORDER. On the crystal formation theme and order emerging from chaos in phase changes of inert molecules, we see the same phenomena in clouds, and of course, in the inanimate planetary universe, such as the concentric rings of Saturn. Immutable physical laws acting on macroscopic matter. Ilya Prigogine, the Nobel winning chemist, made a brilliant career on the topsy-turvey thought that chaos is critical for the development of order, or oder through fluctuation. https://lnkd.in/dDHtwje View in LinkedIn

ORDERED CHAOS. “Clouds, like other amorphous phenomena, elude traditional modeling techniques with their peculiar patterns of intricate, ever-changing volume-filling microstructures.” https://lnkd.in/dktvm-c View in LinkedIn

DIFFERENT. “Aqueous solutions of droplets in the free atmosphere are not as simple to describe as bulk liquids in laboratories.” https://lnkd.in/djxhSWw View in LinkedIn

MAINSTREAM PATHOLOGY. “The history of medical thought reveals that the understanding of disease has oscillated back and forth between two opposing conceptions. According to the so-called physiological conception, diseases result from disturbances in the functional equilibrium of the body, and their cure reflects the harmonious restoration of this equilibrium. In contrast, the so-called ontological conception views diseases as foreign entities that enter the body, and their cure implies the expulsion of the intruders.” https://lnkd.in/dE_ZD9q View in LinkedIn

SUSPENDED FLUFF. “Clouds consist of a suspension of liquid or solid (ice) particles in air. Thus, formally, a cloud is an aerosol, a suspension of particles in air. However, it is useful to distinguish clouds from clear-air (noncloud) "aerosols. The cloud environment is slightly supersaturated with respect to liquid water or ice, respectively.” https://lnkd.in/dHZs9ca View in LinkedIn

SPECIES AS PROCESSES. “Another common complaint is that species have very fuzzy boundaries, whereas individuals typically do not. Interestingly, once we see species not just as individuals, but as individual processes, we are able to address both of these concerns.” https://lnkd.in/dE_ZD9q View in LinkedIn

SPECIES AS INDIVIDUALS. “Michael Ghiselin (1974) and David Hull (1976, 1978) advanced the thesis that species are not kinds but individuals. Although the species-as-individuals view has become widely accepted, it continues to encounter some resistance on the grounds that it is puzzling and counterintuitive. It is objected for example that, as the members of a species are discrete and relatively independent, it is not clear how they can be identified as parts of an individual.” https://lnkd.in/dE_ZD9q View in LinkedIn