Thinking·OS

Graph explorer

Explore the knowledge graph

Bronchiolitis is a Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Case fatality rate measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Chain of infection explains Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Colonization applies to Host. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease reservoir is part of Chain of infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease triangle depends on Host. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease triangle models Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic emerges from Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Incidence measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Indicator organism measures Water quality. Activate to inspect this relation.Indicator organism models Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Infection is commonly confused with Colonization. Activate to inspect this relation.Infection control applies to Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Infection depends on Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious disease depends on Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious disease emerges from Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious dose applies to Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Koch's postulates applies to Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Koch's postulates models Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Opportunistic pathogen depends on Host. Activate to inspect this relation.Opportunistic pathogen is a Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Pathogenicity applies to Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Prevalence measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Sepsis emerges from Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Sterilization suppresses Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease reservoirChain of infectionInfectious diseasePathogenInfectionDisease triangleEpidemicKoch's postulatesCase fatality rateIncidencePrevalenceOpportunistic pathogenIndicator organismPathogenicitySterilizationSepsisColonizationInfectious doseBronchiolitisInfection controlHostWater quality
Relationship types

90 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Agriculture, Algebra, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics….

Legend
  • Focused concept
  • Connected concept
  • Bridge concept (just outside the lens)
  • Arrow points from cause / source to effect / target
  • A line with no arrow is a two-way relationship
  • Node colour marks the concept’s primary discipline
22 concepts25 relationships12 disciplines5 relation families

Disease reservoir

Open concept →

At a glance

The habitat — human, animal, water, soil — where a pathogen persists between hosts.

Disciplines
Epidemiology · Microbiology
Role in the graph
Leaf concept
Relationships
1 · 1 relation families
Mental models
1

What am I looking at?

In this lens (90)

Bridge concepts (40)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

  • Bacteria17
    Biology · connects to Antibiotic resistance, Archaea, Bacterial cell envelope…
  • Horizontal gene transfer7
    Genetics · connects to Bacterial conjugation, Bacterial transformation, Biofilm…
  • Pathogen7
    Biology, Physiology · connects to Indicator organism, Infection, Infectious disease…
  • Host4
    Biology, Ecology, Medicine · connects to Colonization, Disease triangle, Microbiome…
  • DNA3
    Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology · connects to Bacterial chromosome, Metagenomics, Plasmid

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 12 disciplines: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Nursing, Pediatrics, Physiology, Public Health, Statistics.
  • Disease reservoir is a bridge concept — viewed here through Epidemiology, Microbiology.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.
  • Bayesian updating explains 2 concepts in this view (Epidemiology, Microbiology, Public Health, Statistics).

Relationships as a list

The focused concept’s relationships. Pick another concept in the graph above to update this list.

Explore through a different lens

A lens is a deterministic projection of the graph. Pick a discipline, thinking pattern or journey to reframe the whole view.

By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

About this view

What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.