Man is called 'Microcosm,' a world in miniature, because he has in him represented all the elements of the universe. A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY ISAAC HUSIK We must now review briefly the practical part of Ibn Zaddik's philosophy as it is found in the fourth part of the 'Microcosm.' A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY ISAAC HUSIK. Microcosm size affects the amount of diversity that the system can accommodate, with larger microcosms being able to support a greater diversity and more trophic levels, than smaller ones. Microcosm shape also has the potential to strongly impact on microcosm functioning and it can be useful to incorporate testing of microcosm size and/or shape into experimental design (Figure 3).
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Microcosm Definition
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Microcosm may refer to:
Philosophy[edit]
- Microcosm-macrocosm analogy, the view according to which there is a structural similarity between the human being and the cosmos
Music[edit]
- 'Mic-rocosm', a song by American rapper Prodigy from the album Hegelian Dialectic
- Microcosm (album), 2010 album by Flow
- Microcosm (Bartok), 153 progressive piano pieces written between 1926 and 1939
Literature and publishing[edit]
- Microcosm Publishing, an independent publisher and distributor based in Portland, Oregon, and Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.
- Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life, a 2008 book by Carl Zimmer
- Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, a 2002 book by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse
Other uses[edit]
- Microcosm (CERN), a museum near Geneva, Switzerland
- Microcosm (clock), a unique clock made by Henry Bridges of Waltham Abbey, England
- Microcosm (experimental ecosystem), a small scale contained and controlled ecosystem
- Microcosm (hypermedia system), an early hypermedia system that predated the World Wide Web
- Microcosm (video game), a 1993 shoot-'em-up by Psygnosis
- Microcosm Ltd, a UK software protection company
- The Microcosm, a 19th-century microscope gallery and shop on Regent Street, London, run by Carpenter and Westley
Microcosm Synonym
See also[edit]
Microcosmic