the system's subjective autonomy and objective control. He devoted himself to the fields of nervous impulse transmissions, neuromuscular transmission, synaptic transmission, the propagation of impulses in the heart, the control of blood circulation, and the physiology of brain cortex. However, he also taught several courses of mathematics and even musicology. Quotes "[T]he best material model for a cat is another [cat], or preferably the same cat." "The Role of Models in Science," with Norbert Wiener "To Arturo Rosenblueth for many years my companion in science" Norbert Wiener's dedication in Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine "The price of metaphor is eternal vigilance." with Norbert Wiener quoted by R. C. Leowontin Publications 1937, Fisiología del sistema nervioso autónomo ("Physiology of the Autonomous Nervous System"), with Walter Cannon 1943, Behavior, Purpose and Teleology, with Norbert Wiener, Julian Bigelow 1945, The Role of Models in Science, with Norbert Wiener 1970, Mind and Brain: A Philosophy of Science, (MIT Press) 1970, Mente y Cerebro: una filosofía de la ciencia References Further reading A.M. Monnier (1975) "Arturo Rosenblueth", Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Members of El Colegio Nacional (Mexico) Mexican physiologists Harvard University alumni National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty Instituto Politécnico Nacional faculty People from Chihuahua (state) Mexican people of German descent 1900 births 1970 deaths Cyberneticists