The title itself shows that this is a New World transformation of an Old World concept.
In 1854 Clausius introduced the notion of the 'equivalence value' of a transformation, a concept that is the ancestor of the modern day concept of entropy.
We call this the task of explicating, or of giving an explication for, the earlier concept … (1947, 8-9) {§6.7} By the procedure of explication we mean the transformation of an inexact, prescientific concept, the explicandum, into a new exact concept, the explicatum.
For the purpose of an equally good description of heat fluxes and material fluxes in open heat transformation processes, a concept for exergetic evaluation of material fluxes is necessary.
An example of such a process is the transformation in medical science of a concept like "phlegmatic humors" into the idea of blood-borne pathogens by dint of the theory of circulation and infectious disease.
In this context, the mounting influx of global quantitative data from both genetic, blood biomarkers and body composition, with a constant attention to disease and wellness, had led to a necessary transformation of the concept of medicine, intended not only as a curative intervention.
Second, it rested on a bogus transformation of the concept of the self.
The analysis of these terms suggested that the transformation of the concept of trauma led to a broader understanding of this phenomenon in its psychic dimensions, that a barbarian type of violence constitutes an obstacle to resilience, and that the criterion A of the DSM-IV and ICD-10 shows imprecision and conceptual fragilities.
It uses the forward cloud transformation (FCT) and the backward cloud transformation (BCT) to implement the cognitive transformations between the intension and extension of a concept.
It seems to me that "The Black Box" shares some themes with your novel "Look at Me," which also deals with the physical transformation of a woman and with the concept of terrorism and planned attacks on America.
