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9780195111309

At Home in the Universe The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity

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    9780195111309

  • ISBN10:

    0195111303

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-11-21
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin's theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from the origin of life, to the workings of giant corporations

Author Biography


Stuart Kauffman is a member of the Santa Fe Institute. A MacArthur Fellowship recipient, he is the leading thinker on self-organization and the science of complexity as applied to biology.

Table of Contents

At Home in the Universe
3(28)
The Origins of Life
31(16)
We the Expected
47(24)
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71(22)
The Mystery of Ontogeny
93(20)
Noah's Vessel
113(18)
The Promised Land
131(18)
High-Country Adventures
149(42)
Organisms and Artifacts
191(16)
An Hour Upon the Stage
207(38)
In Search of Excellence
245(28)
An Emerging Global Civilization
273(32)
Bibliography 305(2)
Index 307

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