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The Evolution of Complexity. The Violet Book of 'Einstein Meets Magritte'.
. Ed(S): Heylighen, Francis; Bollen, Johan; Riegler, Alexander (Free University Of Brussels, Belgium)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Heylighen, Francis; Bollen, Johan; Riegler, Alexander (Free University of Brussels, Belgium). Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HP; PBW; PHDV; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 605.
The Evolution of Complexity is addressed to a broad audience of academics and researchers from different disciplines, who are interested in the picture of our world emerging from the new sciences of complexity. This book reviews the new concepts proposed by the diverse theories of evolution, self-organisation, general systems, cybernetics, and the `complex adaptive systems' approach pioneered by the Santa Fe institute. The thread which holds everything together is the growth of complexity during the history of the universe: from elementary particles, via atoms, molecules, living cells, multicellular organisms, plants, and ... Read more
The Evolution of Complexity is addressed to a broad audience of academics and researchers from different disciplines, who are interested in the picture of our world emerging from the new sciences of complexity. This book reviews the new concepts proposed by the diverse theories of evolution, self-organisation, general systems, cybernetics, and the `complex adaptive systems' approach pioneered by the Santa Fe institute. The thread which holds everything together is the growth of complexity during the history of the universe: from elementary particles, via atoms, molecules, living cells, multicellular organisms, plants, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
Series
Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048152445
SKU
V9789048152445
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