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The Origins of Order: Self Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart A. Kauffman (Paperback, 1993)
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"Biology is the science of the organizational principles that make living things living. Kauffman's book is a massive attempt to provide the foundations for a theory of such organization.. The book is as much an explication of a specific style of scientific thinking as it is a book on adaptation, the origin of life, and ontogeny.
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This mograph extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the debate on the origins of life and the maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization - the first time this concept has been incorporated into evolutionary theory. The author shows how complex systems, contrary to expectations, can spontaneously exhibit stunning degrees of order, and how this order in turn is essential for the emergence and development of life on Earth.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
ISBN-100195079515
ISBN-139780195079517
eBay Product ID (ePID)95530506
Product Key Features
SubjectScience & Mathematics: Textbooks & Study Guides
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorStuart A. Kauffman
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Height235mm
Width156mm
Weight996g
Additional Product Features
Date of Publication11/04/1993
Place of PublicationNew York
Spine33mm
Country of PublicationUnited States
GenreScience & Mathematics: Textbooks & Study Guides
Author BiographyStuart Kauffman, M.D., is a MacArthur Fellow, and a philosopher, biologist, evolutionary theorist, and one of the founders of the discipline known as complexity.
Content NoteHalftones, Numerous Line Figures, Tables
